Since the pandemic, many are saying tipping is out of control with some prompts now asking for over 30% from businesses of all kinds. Some consumers have had enough.
An expert discusses how the pandemic has affected Main Street retailers and how the future requires Canadians to support businesses that are the backbone of this country.
A professor from Concordia University lays out how the rise in demand and popularity of a craft-oriented approach to consumer goods have shifted in recent years.
Expert Michael von Massow explains how inflation has impacted consumers and what the government might be able to do, if anything, to alleviate the problem.
Research shows that there’s a disconnect between the way media covered work issues during the pandemic and the stories workers felt were important for the public to understand.
Thanks to platforms that link online consumption to local interests, the desire to buy local, a trend fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, is now giving rise to a new phenomenon known as “digital localism”.
Consumer habits form around regular patterns of daily activity such as commuting, working and recreation. As these patterns change, so do consumer habits.