It was a conservative culture, it was a community ... NANCY KOEHN (Harvard Business School): The 1920s were a very important decade in the rise of consumer society in America, unmistakably an ...

From the earliest candy bars of the 1920s to the novelty treats of the 2000s, the history of candy is a reflection of our ...

Beauty products were marketed a bit differently though: by the 1920s multinationals such ... Mahatma Gandhi baulked at both the consumer culture in advertising and the "modern girl".

The rise of cards has revolutionized consumer culture, promoting economic growth and retail transformation. Understanding ...

Cinema was the most influential part of popular culture in the 1920s. The film industry was located in Hollywood, near Los Angeles, because its dry, sunny climate was ideal for filmmaking.

This may seem relatively tame, but compared with the typical Victorian-style women portrayed in earlier cinema, this is quite ...

In 1920s Seattle, dance halls charging ten cents per dance became the focus of debate. Tracing the dance workers’ self-representations and labor organizing in a city increasingly hostile to ...

based on a decline from 2.9 % to 2.5% in consumer price data. A 2.5% COLA would raise the average monthly benefit for retired workers by $48 to $1,920 a month. The projected increase is lower than ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. “We delivered yet another record quarter of profitable ...

Sunday morning at 10.45 and the streets of Stornoway are deathly quiet. There isn’t a soul to be seen; you can hear the birds ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From the street, the timber Californian bungalow looks just like it did when built in late 1920s. Its leadlight bay windows and ...