Sight-Seeing: Seven tips for ethical shopping this Christmas
SIMON OLDHAM and LAURA SPENCE, of Royal Holloway University of London, provide – in an article first published on The Conversation – some help for those wanting to make ethical choices when shopping…
Sitting pretty? Indian shop workers win the right to a chair
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation On her feet at work for 10 hours each day,Indian shop assistant S Lakshmi lumbers home at the end of her shift to nurse her aching legs and swollen ankles. But relief may be in sight. Tamil Nadu became last month the second Indian state to enshrine the “right to sit” for retail […]
Holiday shoppers are coming to town with health checklist – global survey
Reuters Holiday shoppers braving the coronavirus pandemic to buy gifts in person are checking which stores are naughty or nice in terms of public health, a worldwide survey released on Monday showed. About 79 per cent of respondents want to see masks being worn, 82 per cent demand visible cleaning efforts, and 76 per cent […]
ESSAY: YES, RETAILERS EXPLOIT CHRISTMAS, BUT THEIR DECORATIONS STILL EVOKE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT
JOSHUA NEWTON, of Deakin University in Australia, looks at the findings of research showing that despite commercialism, the “true spirit” of Christmas remains…