"One of the most powerful trends in consumerism is toward individualism - consumers don't want to be spoon-fed the same media, entertainment or products," says the company's co-founder, Jeff Beaver.
Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age.
To the Editor: Jonathan Sacks proposes that "religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age".
Existing brands struggle with changing their internal culture". With growing consumer individualism and entrepreneurship, smaller business models that have greater flexibility and adaptability may just be the future of business.
A "revolution in sentiment" swept across Western Europe propelled by the rise of marketplace capitalism, which stressed the individualism of workers and consumers.
(We are particularly fond of concluding that because we can't remember what ads we saw yesterday, those brand messages must not have had any impact). Many people, Fitzsimons says, accept the idea that flaunting a brand broadcasts qualities you already possess or even aspire to: maybe creativity for the Apple loyalist, rugged individualism for the Harley consumer or athleticism for the Speedo buyer.
For all Williams's roots in austere postwar leftism, this book fitted – perhaps even on some level accepted – a time of greater consumer choice and individualism: in Britain in 1976, much of what is still thought of as "the 80s" was already well underway.
In terms of news, there isn't much to report based on his talk, but Chesky talked about the fact that sharing used to be an integral part of human life and 'hardwired' into our DNA, that it disappeared after the second World War because of increased consumer spending and individualism, and that we're now at the beginning of the return to sharing.
The modern emphasis on liberal individualism and consumerism has placed patient and consumer rights at the fore.
There is a bizarre disconnect between how, as consumers, our sense of control and individualism is inflated and flattered, while at work we are expected to park such notions and buckle down with self-sacrificial team spirit.
That suggested North Korean authorities wanted journalists to see something of this expanding consumer society, and its nod to individualism.
