Consumer goods
Research Topic
Language: English
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Research problems linked to this topic
- How do consumers view and understand the food system, and balance their choices against multiple competing factors (including safety and standards, nutrition and health, choice, availability, affordability, sustainability, and welfare)?
- How are energy and fuel price trends affecting people's purchasing intentions, attitudes to EVs and driving behaviours?
- What affects willingness to pay for news online? What types of content are different audience groups willing to pay for? In what ways are different audiences willing to pay (e.g. regular subscription, donation)? How does this change over time and what influences that change?
- How can we best supply healthy safe sustainable affordable food that commands consumer confidence and meets the needs of all consumers (including vulnerable groups)?
- How has the delivery of goods changed and what is the impact of this?
- How do we encourage the design of longer lasting and easily repairable consumer items?
- What is the role of the consumer in delivering net zero and how can changes be achieved equitably? What are the potential market responses to such changes and how do we avoid unintended consequences?
- What is the impact and risk of novel and non-traditional foods, additives, and processes on the food system, including on consumer confidence?
- What information do consumers find most helpful at the purchase point of a new vehicle?
- Improving the use and design of extended producer responsibility schemes in the UK that could yield significant benefits
- How will consumer preference and demand for sustainable modes and products develop?