Tag: Consumers
How Nigeria’s new competition law will benefit the economy – and...
Oluchukwu Precious Obioma, University of Nigeria
Competition laws protect consumers and create confidence in an economy. It’s a signal to investors and entrepreneurs that a...
How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and...
Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for...
Python skin jackets and elephant leather boots: How wealthy Western nations...
Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusetts Boston and Candace Famiglietti, University of Massachusetts Boston
Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in wildlife....
Buyer beware: Counterfeit markets can flourish during a public health crisis
Jay Kennedy, Michigan State University
Rapid acceleration of coronavirus-related infections and fatalities in countries like Italy, Spain and the United States has led to widespread...
Black women prefer hair products marketed with them in mind
Yewande O. Addie, University of Florida
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The big idea
Marketing reports indicate that black consumers long...
Why bad customer service won’t improve anytime soon
Anthony Dukes, University of Southern California and Yi Zhu, University of Minnesota
Some of the most hated companies in the U.S. are also the most...
A brief guide to how the China-US trade war will affect...
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
With more tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect this month, holiday shoppers in the U.S. face a dilemma:...
Craft beer is having an identity crisis, as big breweries muscle...
Maria Karampela, University of Strathclyde ; Juho Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland, and Nadine Waehning, York St John University
The British beer industry has grown...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
