Dynamics of the downturn: a report from the Future Foundation’s “Charts of Fire” Changing Lives event
Carlos Grande
Price comparison, category switching and “social” online shopping could all increase in the downturn as consumers reappraise routine behaviour and choices.
This theme connected the four presentations at the Future Foundation “Changing Lives” event in December 2008 which looked through a recession-tinged lens at prospects for the UK economy, consumer attitudes, technology take-up and eco-consumption.
Millions of Britons will probably sail untroubled through the downturn in terms of their personal wealth, according...