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Browsing Austerity

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Food & Drink

Stat: Food costs soar in SWANA amid war in Ukraine

While the holy month of Ramadan is historically a time for sharing traditional foods, countries in the SWANA region are struggling to manage rising food costs.

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Food & Drink

Food Austerity Innovators

Global events are causing widespread disruption to the food sector, with innovators and start-ups helping to assuage rising prices and abating supplies.

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Retail

End of austerity

UK – Consumers are feeling more optimistic about the economy, but many are still struggling under austerity.

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Food & Drink

British consumers spending on small indulgences

British consumers are feeling better about their economic prospects and starting to spend again.

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Marketing & Branding

The Polarity Paradox

Moderation is no longer the modus operandi. In our busy, networked and choice-rich lives, people are finding a new model for self-restraint by fleeing the middle ground and living in temporary extremes. Abstinence and indulgence, shopping and saving, fasting and gorging are the new lifestyle patterns that are enabling consumers to have everything…

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Luxury

Private-jet company makes luxury budget

Wijet is a pared-back private-jet airline

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Food & Drink

JWT Austerity Index

Five years of recession have changed British consumer lifestyles. The JWT Austerity Index helps brands navigate this altered landscape.

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Europe

Graduate prospects improve as UK unemployment falls

Graduate prospects improve as UK unemployment falls

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Design

Bombay mix: Indian bar offers an industrial brew

Mumbai – The White Owl, a new hybrid nightlife venue featuring a bar, bistro and on-site microbrewery with warehouse aesthetics, has opened in Mumbai.