Essays about: "consumer needs"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 497 essays containing the words consumer needs.

  1. 21. Wheelchair Users Relationship to Clothing : A Study of Incorporating Adaptive Clothing in the Fashion Industry, with an Investigation of Adaptive Trousers and its Functional, Aesthetic and Socio-Psychological Qualities

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Kajsa Wallman; Sarah Enocson; [2023]
    Keywords : Adaptive clothing; wheelchair; adaptive trousers; inclusive design; product development; aesthetic perception;

    Abstract : This study investigates the functional and aesthetic needs in adaptive clothes, with emphasis on trousers for wheelchair users. A pair of trousers were provided by Design by Björk to be investigated and distinguish if the desired consumers' needs are met. READ MORE

  3. 22. Ethnographic case study on Feminist commodity networks and sisterhood building in Melbourne, Australia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Stella Saaresaho; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist commodity networks; value; ethics of care; sustainability; attachment; sisterhood;

    Abstract : This thesis examines feminist commodity networks through an ethnographic case study of QVWC SHOP in Melbourne, Australia. The work is built through an emic perspective on the understanding of selling, producing, and buying through the QVWC SHOP. READ MORE

  4. 23. Designing for the needs of present and future generations: The development of a sustainability integrated design process for consumer products

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Henrik Lunderbye; [2023]
    Keywords : Industrial design; design process; sustainability; consumer products; greenwashing; climate neutrality; consumption.;

    Abstract : Due to the increased popularity of greener products (green implies being more sustainable) and more businesses involved in greener markets, the phenomenon of greenwashing has expanded. This is problematic because actors trying to design, manufacture and sell products with a high sustainability content are then forced to compete with actors that deal with artificial sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 24. Living in an Immaterial World: An exploratory study on consumer value perceptions in metaverse settings

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Linn Henriksson; Ellen Svärdh; [2023]
    Keywords : metaverse; consumption-value theory; value perceptions; virtual consumption;

    Abstract : As sung by Madonna, "we are living in a material world" underscored by the consumption of physical goods. Beyond the glitz of materialism lies the grand problem of overconsumption, and correspondingly overproduction, of the world's finite resources. READ MORE

  6. 25. Assessing the market possibilities and productization of ambulatory ECG-devices in the Business to Consumer space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Morgan Bryer; Anton Palmén; [2023]
    Keywords : ECG; Ambulatory ECG; Medical technology; remote monitoring; B2M.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : There is currently a shift in the healthcare sector moving towards remote monitoring, meaning that monitoring of diseases and other issues is moving out of hospitals and into people's homes with the use of medical technology. One of the fastest-growing at-home monitoring solutions is the ECG device, especially due to the fact that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. READ MORE