We are addicted to consumption during these holidays, which leads to a massive amount of landfill waste. Giant retailers like Walmart could help the problem, but they haven’t.
Bad customer service is increasingly good for companies who use it.
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New tariffs on $160 billion of Chinese goods including smartphones and sneakers are set to take effect on Dec. 15.
President Donald Trump pictured with HHS Secretary Alex Azar on June 24, 2019, after signing initial legislation to require hospitals to reveal their prices.
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Would you buy a pair of shoes without knowing the price? Consumers have bought medical care from hospitals for years without knowing the costs, but new regulations will change that.
In the UK today, the term ‘craft beer’ has so many associations that there’s a danger it may end up meaning nothing at all.
Bangladeshi child labourers work at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Consumers must demand products made under favourable working conditions.
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The food we eat and the products we use should not contribute to human misery. While companies hold some blame, so do consumers who avoid dealing with the consequences of their purchasing decisions.
United Airlines officials testify after United physically forced a customer off a Chicago flight.
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Meat producers are lobbying in many states to keep the word ‘meat’ off labels of plant-based products like the Impossible Burger. But this may not clarify shoppers’ choices.
Americans are not good recyclers.
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Your fashion choices can help build a sustainable future – here’s how.
Bill Blazina, 73, uses a high-potency marijuana oil as a medical marijuana patient, but he can’t afford it at a recreational marijuana store.
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A group of America’s most powerful CEOs said companies should no longer merely focus on maximizing shareholder wealth. A business professor explains why it’s not a big deal.
The movement to ban miniature toiletries isn’t likely to make a dent in the global plastic crisis.
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InterContinental Hotels Group plans to switch miniature toiletries for bulk products, but it isn’t likely to do as much for the environment as activists might think.
Wayfair workers protested their employer’s decision to sell beds to immigrant detention facilities.
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A new kind of capitalism is emerging in which companies value communities, the environment and workers just as much as profits. Even the Business Roundtable agrees.
Amazon has redefined retail over the last 25 years.
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