Retreat from the margin of utility and profitability: how Covid-19 will change consumerism
Consumer behaviours have been changing rapidly but with the new outbreak of Coronavirus causing unemployment and closure of the high street, Adrian Bell and Chris Brooks have a look into how Covid-19 will impact peoples buying habits.
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