Americans tend to trust food labels, especially the ingredient list, expiration date and nutrition fact label, according to the March Consumer Food Insights Report. The most distrusted labels include low-calorie, naturalness ...
Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2023
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It's commonly assumed that the supply-and-demand economics of the consumer marketplace dictates price. If you are one of few retailers that sells a product consumers want, you can charge more. If supplies of that product ...
Economics & Business
Apr 11, 2023
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New research from the University of Alberta's School of Business shows airports perform better—with improved customer service, fewer cancelations and delays, and more routes—when purchased by private investors.
Economics & Business
Mar 30, 2023
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A trio of environmental engineers, two with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, the third with the University of Maryland, has developed a way to illustrate the impact of sea level rise isolation associated with ...
Regularly in the news, grocery stores, and at the pump, we are experiencing the limits of our planetary supply.
Environment
Mar 27, 2023
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Many households in Britain have felt the impact of recent food shortages or, at the very least, noticed sparse shelves in the fresh produce aisle of their local shop. For people whose next meal may come from food aid, not ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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With enforcement of San Diego's new ban on polystyrene foam food trays, pool toys and more scheduled to take effect April 1, city officials are scrambling to coach affected businesses, clarify the complex regulations and ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2023
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Restaurants, retail stores and other small businesses, long thought to be vulnerable to increases in the minimum wage, generally do not cut jobs and may actually benefit when governments raise minimum pay, according to a ...
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had clear consequences for the Swedish fashion industry. Digitalization has accelerated, while efforts to attract customers to physical stores have stagnated. A development that will continue, according ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Workers tasked with moving products in the immense U.S. food system are at a high risk of serious injury, according to a new Penn State-led study, and pandemic-caused, supply-chain problems have worsened the situation, researchers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2023
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