Finding joy in the post-industrial age

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Jill Duggan argues that consumers are increasingly favouring experiences and services over products, and green businesses have to respond

Two hundred and fifty years after the first industrial revolution, there are signs that our consumption patterns, in the west at least, are shifting. The 21st century western consumer increasingly values...

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