China has a lot of vacant retail space, including many underused shopping malls. An urban policy scholar describes how the Chinese are rethinking what the mall is for.
The Victorians were driven to care for their clothes for reasons of thrift, economy and to prevent waste.
It’s hypocritical for retailers to make carbon pledges with one hand and continue pushing consumerism with the other.
Researchers are looking into the potential technological threats to data safety and privacy from the smart supermarkets of the future.
A recent survey finds that the pandemic made it harder for many US households to put food on the table. It also changed the ways in which people buy and store food.
Have you ever bought an item and then just not gotten around to using it because the time never felt right? New studies suggest an explanation for what researchers call nonconsumption.
We still don't know whether ecolabels are significantly better for the environment than alternatives.
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