What motivates consumers to make ethical choices such as buying clothing not made in a sweat shop, spending more money on fair-trade coffee, and bringing their own bags when they go shopping?

Many Canadians say they care about ethical products. They want coffee that supports farmers, chocolate made without child labor and everyday goods that are better for the environment.

Every product has a narrative. Someone harvested its fibers or manufactured it in a factory. Someone created the design. Someone calculated its value, demand and supply. Someone carried it. Someone ...

Shopping is no longer simply buying new things; now, it’s voting with our wallets for products that align with our values and ...

The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the season of shopping. Christmas itself has turned into a commercialized holiday, with the celebrations relying upon cheesy Netflix movies, ...

The most effective campaigns to encourage ethical consumption are those that take place at a collective level, such as the creation of fairtrade cities, rather than those that target individual ...

Australian consumers really care about their eggs. About 65 percent of them are willing to pay extra for a free-range egg, but are they getting their money’s worth? Probably not, says Choice, an ...

In the windowsill, a flash of fabric catches your eye. You’ve been needing a new sweater, and cold weather is settling in fast, bringing a scramble to find insulating clothing lest you catch a cold ...

“Rogue actors and even governments have taken advantage of user trust to deepen divisions, incite violence, and even undermine our shared sense of what is true and what is false. This crisis is real.

When it comes to today’s consumer data wars, the prize goes to the businesses that are ethical. For some time now, artificial intelligence (AI) has been seen as a tool that can use dozens of data ...