From the archive: Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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Podcasts de consumer spending
Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism?
Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make...
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The Business podcast: Christmas economics and a review of 2011
Economist Joel Waldfogel explains why you shouldn't buy Christmas presents plus Larry Elliott and...
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The Business podcast: Living beyond our means
Sheldon Garon, author of Beyond Our Means and an economic historian at Princeton University, on...
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The Business podcast: Retail in retreat as high street suffers
As many household names in retail go out of business, we look at the future of the UK high...
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The Business podcast: Retail, charities and US debt
High street shops are hoping for an Easter bounce but conditions are the worst for over a decade;...
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The Business: British retail's Christmas bonanza
Britain's high street giants report their best Christmas sales for years. Plus, the state of the...
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The Business podcast: Christmas economics and a review of 2011
Economist Joel Waldfogel explains why you shouldn't buy Christmas presents plus Larry Elliott and...
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Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group – podcast
Focus groups make us feel our views matter – but no one with power cares what we think Read the...
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How our home delivery habit reshaped the world
The great trick of online retail has been to get us to shop more and think less about how our...
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BusinessWeek's Jena McGregor tells Executive Editor John A. Byrne about how retailers are...
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Consumer spending, manufacturing and housing are looking up.
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The Fed Minutes Push Prices Higher - November 18, 2015
In today's podcast, Learning Markets analysts discuss the FOMC minutes and why there are...
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Guest: Brad Williams, President of “Brad Williams Financial Services”, discusses with Kurt...
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Consumer spending in the UAE has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels
That's according to payment company Network International and the IMF painted a bright economic...
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The Consumer Remains Strong… For Now…
In this episode, we review how a strong consumer should support more economic growth. To...
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Kay Oliver: UK correspondent on London consumer growth slowdown
Over in the UK, consumer spending appears to be slowing down, as people are more concerned about...
Brad Olsen: Infometrics principal economist on the uptick in consumer retail spending
According to new data, retail cart spending on non-essential items has gone up again this year....
NZX-listed retail businesses have been reporting their latest financial results. Financial...
Chances for rain (Aug. 22, 2023)
On Tuesday's show: While the bulk of rain in today’s forecast may land south of us, there...
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