Apr 19, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Written by: Drake Baer via FastCoExist (Illustration via FastCoExist) It’s easy to make fancy products for the chunk of the world that can buy them. But imagine the potential if you made a product that everyone—even the world’s poor—could buy and use. Our...
Apr 16, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
A series of charts and graphs with fascinating information culled from an online survey by Nielsen of more than 25,000 people from 56 countries. The information was collected online – which means that the affluence of the respondents was likely quite high. Only part...
Apr 14, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
The Broken “Buy-One, Give-One” Model: 3 Ways To Save Toms Shoes Written by: Cheryl Davenport via FastCoExist (Illustration via GOOD) Toms has built a popular brand around the buy-one, give-one model. But two critical flaws in that model threaten to undo its social...
Apr 13, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Written by Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff A few years ago I bought a cheap portable radio for $4.99 to listen to the news while I walk to work. Soon after, one of the earphone buds broke. No problem, I thought – I’ll just fix it using parts from my drawer...
