Stocking up, running out, and waiting for more… Contingent Consumerism

Consumerism in America usually follows a typical pattern: consumers buy goods when they either want or need them and they tend to stay within their own budgets. Yet when Hurricane Sandy threatened to rip New Jersey apart, this typical pattern

“The best thing to happen to iPhone, since the iPhone”

What is it about the iPhone that makes it such an alluring piece of cellular technology? Do people look at it and think to themselves, “This is the greatest, fastest, most reliable phone for me?” or is it something else?

The ‘Slutty Pumpkins’ of Halloween

 vs. When you were a little kid getting ready for Halloween and your parent asked you what you wanted your costume to be, what would you tell them? For me, that one night a year meant that I could be