Consumerism

Conscious consumerism encourages consumers to make responsible choices by considering the environmental, social, and ethical impacts of their purchases. It allows customers to choose products responsibly and reduce waste and promote fair…

Prices on displayed in a New York grocery store on Feb. 1, 2023.Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty ImagesHigh inflation has followed the U.S. economy into 2023, as consumers continued to see high prices in January.Inflation rose 0.5% for…

Andresr | E+ | Getty ImagesYou may not be the only person eager for packages to arrive at your house.During the holidays, as the volume of home deliveries surges due to gift buying and giving, so does the chance that so-called porch pirates…

Americans look to the country's most powerful bank, the Federal Reserve, to combat inflation."I think our biggest problem, at least for the foreseeable future, is high inflation," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told…

The amount of money you drop on subscriptions may be more than you realize, recent research suggests.More than half of consumers (54%) underestimate how much they spend monthly on subscriptions by at least $100, according to a survey…

Consumption is an important element of human civilisation. The success of modern economies is dependent on, and measured a great deal by, the level and nature of consumption. From the hunter-gatherers whose consumption was survival-centric…

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesThere's a decent chance you don't have a good handle on how much your subscriptions are really costing you.Consumers' offhand guess of how much they spend monthly on subscriptions averaged…

According to Unilever, the industry standard for freezer temperatures in many markets stands at minus 18 degrees Celsius (around 0 degrees Fahrenheit). The temperature of freezers in the trials will be minus 12 degrees Celsius.Chris…

The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for "free.""People like free shipping because the word free is very powerful, even if people know that it's not really free…

When purchasing a new car these days, it may feel a lot like you're giving your dealership a fat tip.To that point, 82% are paying above sticker price for new vehicles, according to new research from Edmunds.com. That compares to 2.8% a…