[lbo-talk] green consumers: thieving pricks

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 17 11:31:56 PDT 2010


On Mar 17, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> [WS:] Quite frankly, I do not think that there is any correlation
> between
> shopping habits and ethical behavior. There just too many variables
> that
> affect both, anything from income to geographical location to broadly
> defined culture, to everyday life interaction, to personal
> upbringing, and
> to psychological disposition and mood changes.
>
> I understand that finding coincidental correlations among a wide
> variety of
> random socio-cultural traits and shopping behavior is the essence of
> marketing "research" - but I do not think very highly of this kind of
> analysis.

You might want to read the paper before passing judgment.



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