Browsing: Consumer Behavior

(Image credit: Getty Images)Research shows that giving a bad gift can hurt your relationships. So how can you be sure…

Key takeaways: As the tenures of luxury fashion CEOs get ever more brief, headhunters are developing best practices to ensure…

By Jean SeatonFeatures correspondentRebecca HendinAudiences around the world are re-reading George Orwell’s 1984, which is ‘a handbook for difficult times’,…

In other words, the company knows more about the car than you do, something economists call asymmetric information. Economist George…

By Elizabeth Currid-HalkettFeatures correspondentAlamyEditor’s Note (18 December 2017): Through to the end of the year, BBC Capital is bringing back…

While some civil rights campaigners and a number of music artists, including the band Massive Attack, have welcomed the change,…

By David RobsonFeatures correspondentAlamyHong Kong’s beaches may be deluged with waste from across Asia (Credit: Alamy)By 2020, the region’s landfill…

Consumer habits are changing thanks to the dawn of the online era. Teamed with the effects of the financial crisis,…

By Bianca NogradyFeatures correspondentGetty ImagesHow much gold is in your phone? (Credit: Getty Images)There’s gold, platinum and other valuable materials…