Bars of soap, lipstick and pitta bread are out; hair straighteners, garlic bread and Blu-ray disc players are in. The latest shake-up of the shopping “basket” used to measure UK inflation shines a light on Britain’s changing spending habits.
Check the article here.
Anybody knows of any contemporary anthropological studies of changes in consumption/spending habits?
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