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Chris Welsford and Melony Holman on the NextGen Planning Podcast

Doesn’t May 2024 feel like a whole lifetime ago? So much has changed since then… Notably, the UK has its first Labour government in 14 […]

Free picture of an Asian family shopping in the favorite super market of epSos.de. This grocery store offers a wide range of Sushi and Asian products. It would be easier to buy them online, but the exotic Asian music makes every visit a nice experience. The customers of this supermarket are usually wealthy Chinese families and gourmet women who go regularly for grocery shopping. The face of the mother in this free photo is very representative for this picture. She is overwhelmed by the available choices. The father in this photo has already decided, because he is tired of choosing and the son would possibly buy multiple products to try all of them at once. This picture was created by my amazing friend epSos.de and can be used for free, if you link epSos.de as the original author of the image. Traditional shopping is a very stressful activity for happy women who visit many stores with an intention to purchase a product that is very difficult to choose. In Spain, the favorite supermarkets of epSos.de started to sell fresh food on the Internet already. Customers create a virtual shopping list and place an order with an online supermarket. The order is processed by an employee inside of the nearest supermarket. The food is delivered in the evening for a small fee. Freedom of choice seems to be convenient at first, but the number of products in the online hypermarkets and supermarkets is too difficult to comprehend for the tired parents. The choice is good for price comparisons and little experiments that help consumers to spend more. It is a little trick of abundance. This is why regular people stick to products that they buy frequently anyway. This picture was published in here first: epsos.de/Online-Shopping-Benefits-and-Super-Markets Thank you for sharing this picture with your friends !

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The false narrative of ‘Consumer Choice’

by Chris Welsford19 September 202420 September 2024

Until the pandemic, I enjoyed hitchhiking as a way of meeting interesting and often generous likeminded folk happy to share their stories, as well as […]

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Leaving the best to last in 2023

by Chris Welsford12 January 20241 February 2024

The WHEB Annual Conference with Kingsmill Bond from the Rocky Mountain Institute. As 2023 drew to a close, I had the very good fortune to […]

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Monopoly Rules : Private Equity Wins. Everyone else go straight to jail & don’t collect £200.

by Chris Welsford31 December 202315 January 2024

This Christmas the Monopoly box has remained in the games cupboard. Most years we play Monopoly at least once. This year we found other games […]

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In which Mr Kwarteng & Mrs Truss fix Britain

by Chris Welsford3 October 202210 October 2022

Events of the last 10 days have accelerated interest rate rises, done little or nothing to address inflation or the cost of living crisis and […]

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Read all about it! Our summer headlines

by Chris Welsford21 September 202222 September 2022

As the days grow shorter and the autumn leaves start to fall, we look back over the summer months and reflect on what has been […]