People flocked to Starbucks in early November to get their hands on the most desirable holiday item — a glass “bearista” cup.

ONE of the great ironies of living in a consumerist culture is that, in pursuit of success, so many of us unwittingly surrender our freedom. We confuse career and consumer choices with personal ...

A new Apple iPhone 6S and Apple Watch in the new matching rose gold color. (Beck Diefenbach/Reuters) Robin Givhan's Dec. 9 Style article, "Buy this handbag, save the planet?," about high-end fashion ...

This book review is by Anuja Chandramouli of The New Indian Express. Devdutt Pattanaik’s latest book, Escape the Bakasura ...

We live in a world dominated by the waste produced by the consumerist disposable society; everybody knows that. When it comes to design, how do we face the consequences of this problem aesthetically?

Minimalism has become more than just a trend in today's consumerist society, where people constantly wait for the next big thing. It has evolved into a way of life — a structure that involves more ...

“The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life,” Marie Kondo claims in The Magic of Tiding Up, the book that sparked a minimalist movement. The war, ...

California lawmakers recently approved two bills banning grocery and convenience stores statewide from offering customers reusable plastic bags. These bills are the next step in combating plastic ...

While our consumerist culture hyper-focused on trends certainly holds a lot of power in influencing people to overspend on things they don’t need, studies argue that frugality is coming back in style.