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Every item of furniture in Daniel Santos’ Berlin apartment comes with a story. There’s the desk that took him deep into the city’s former Soviet suburbs, the bed frame he …
Gen Z pushes back against fast furniture Read More
TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She …
Matcha madness leaves Japan’s tea ceremony pros skeptical Read More
A pair of pants spends much less time in our wardrobe than in the African landfill where it may end up after we leave it in a container, comforted by …
Why putting used clothes in a recycling bin does not allow you to have a clear conscience Read More
BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Germany is drafting new regulations to ensure Chinese discount retailers such as Temu and Shein comply with standards for product safety, environmental protection, consumer rights, …
Germany drafting regulations for Chinese online discounters, Capital reports Read More
Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, and Tokopedia have more than half of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market. Shoppertainment, or content-driven commerce, is set to grow quickly with popularity of livestreams. Regulations could damp …
In Southeast Asia, Ramadan is an online shopping bonanza Read More
Digitization has significantly reshaped our relationship with money. The convergence of technology and finance has led to a transformative shift in how we perceive, access, and interact with money in …
How the Digitization of Money Is Changing Us Read More
Despite the company’s commitment to decrease its carbon footprint, Amazon’s emissions grew by 18 percent last year, according to the annual sustainability report it released today. While online shopping increased during the pandemic’s second …
Amazon’s emissions increased dramatically last year despite carbon neutrality goal Read More
The last couple of decades have witnessed an explosion in electronic consumer products. Our lives are now full of devices from smartphones to laptops, speakers, TVs, wearables, battery packs, and chargers …
The Circular Economy and Electronics Read More
From the publisher: Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free …
The Waste-Free World Read More
China today reported 2.3% growth in GDP last year, making it the first and probably only major country whose economy expanded in 2020. But a marked decrease in consumer spending, …
China’s economy grew in 2020, but only the rich are “revenge spending” Read More