Severe sanctions placed on Russia by Western countries in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine will have a crippling impact on the Russian economy.
March 7, 2022While 75% of respondents to the October-November edition of The Freedonia Group National Online Consumer Survey noted that they were somewhat or very concerned about the current and future variants of the COVID-19 coronavirus, consumers are increasingly acting as if they are not concerned.
February 21, 2022You might have noticed as we have that both the Wall Street Journal and The Guardian (and I’m sure others) have articles about gardening trending on their pages. But… isn’t it January? Many of us are wearing winter coats and the eastern US is digging out from a winter storm.
January 5, 2022Many of us started 2021 with a lot of hope…highly effective and safe vaccines were arriving and were being distributed in increasingly wide circles. Then came the variants.
December 9, 2021Consumers were leery of entering retail stores and thus began shopping online.
November 3, 2021The growing popularity of outdoor living is driving consumer interest in materials that can unify indoor-outdoor aesthetics for a seamless transition between spaces. (Think stone patio pavers that match the flooring in an adjoining interior room, or using the same stone tiling in the backsplashes of both indoor and outdoor kitchens.)
October 5, 2021Dramatically swift improvements in battery technologies have had a major impact on the power lawn and garden equipment market over the last decade, leading to a significant increase in the market share for electric models over engine-driven alternatives.
September 20, 2021If we designed a healthier waste, sewage, and water system to make cholera history… If we installed window screens, used pesticides, and managed standing water to reduce insect-borne illnesses such as yellow fever, malaria, West Nile, Dengue, Zika, and others… How did we manage to forget indoor air quality?
September 16, 2021While the US economy has seen a number of changes due to the pandemic, one particularly stands out: the increasing use of e-commerce to purchase items that would have been normally bought in stores.
September 7, 2021With the recent publication of the Sixth Assessment Report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, conversations turned from pandemic to environmental impacts. However, the two are intertwined in many ways.
September 7, 2021