Tag Archive for: consumerism

Three Impacts of COVID-19 on the Future of Retail

By: McCrindle

As we entered a new financial year, this heralded a milestone of more than a year of living nationally in a COVID-19 world. While many organisations are attempting to uphold a state of business as usual, an analysis of the last financial year shows how the changes in consumer behaviour is set to shape the future of retail. Read more

Can Your Business Be Trusted?

By: Michael McQueen

More than any other time of history, we have trust issues. As our era has seen so many of the institutions that once stood as societal backbones crumble beneath scandals, lies and alternative facts, the value of trustworthiness has skyrocketed in its scarcity. Read more

How Social Media Is Capitalising on Its Youngest Users

By: Michael McQueen

Years ago, social media well and truly lived up to its name. Platforms which enabled the easy exchange of photos and statuses, these media allowed individual engagement for purely social purposes. The last decade has seen social media evolve into something much more overwhelming, addictive and ultimately lucrative than their original ‘social’ role, especially as their most native users have grown up into their most powerful and profitable consumers. Read more

3 Elements Of The Age Of Empowerment

By: Michael McQueen

In the existing world of power and politics, the story of David and Goliath has never really rung true.
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Why Australians Are Caught Up In Consumerism

By: McCrindle

Australia is a nation of consumers. Our consumption habits are impacting our physical and emotional lives with four in five Australians (80%) believing they consume significantly or much more than what they need. Are we consuming to distract ourselves from life’s stresses and if so, what can we do about it?

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Justice Campaigners Celebrate as New Law Brings Real Change to Modern Slavery

By: Clare Bruce

While Aussies were busy late night shopping on Thursday, November 29, justice campaigners around the nation, and politicians in Canberra were busy celebrating the passing of a historic law: the Modern Slavery Bill. Read more

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Millennial Consumers: Why Coke Has So Many Variants

By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House.

Soft drink behemoth Coke-a-Cola got a huge shock when Woolworths declared they would not stock yet another variation of the iconic beverage.

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