Black Friday sales reveal fast fashion extremes. But how does it affect the planet?
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COVID-19 has closed high streets and disrupted sales, and retailers have been looking for ways forward beyond traditional discount events.
Delivery companies are constantly learning from past mistakes to better serve customers, but they neglect crucial energy, mobility and health issues.
Now in its tenth year in the UK, the great American post-Thanksgiving bonanza is starting to look like a turkey.
Figuring out how much to spend on gifts can be stressful.
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority was founded in the aftermath of a previous bushfire tragedy – the 1939 Black Friday blazes. But its creation was a bigger political saga than many people realise.
Most people consider themselves canny shoppers – but we’re all human.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the biggest shopping season of the year. Thanks to online retail and mobile apps, online spending will only increase.
We should remember past disasters - such as the 1939 Black Friday bushfires in which 71 people died - and learn from them.
The run up to Black Friday is often shrouded in secrecy, which makes buying things on the day a lot more frenetic.
Psychological ownership is that feeling that someone stole ‘your’ parking spot or nabbed the last sweater you had your eye on. We have a tendency to get territorial when we feel it’s been violated.
Some can’t wait to hit the ground running while others would rather endure a root canal. Certain characteristics help explain who is in which group.
Don’t despair if, once you’ve gathered your shopping items, you’re met by a single line that looks a mile long. Queuing theory suggests this is likely the fastest way to get you rung up and moving on.
Chinese customers spend billions on Nov. 11. Why, and what does it mean for the global retail marketplace?
Compulsive spending is on the rise, here’s what you need to know.
Materialism has an ugly face but it is here to stay. Rather than focusing efforts to diminish it we should utilise materialism to benefit wider society.
With the retail industry struggling, the need to lure people into spending has never been greater.
A retail scholar explains what drives consumers to behave badly on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
On Black Friday, November 24, outdoor retailer REI will close its stores and urge customers to #OptOutside. But a historian calls this popular campaign light green environmentalism at best.
Holiday retail sales may boom this year – and the lion’s share will not be online purchases. Yet brick-and-mortar retail stores are facing heavy internet competition.
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