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Do you know how much of your overall budget goes to groceries? Next time you visit the supermarket, follow these tips to save money. First, plan your meals for the week. Based on that plan, ___(5)___ a shopping list and stick ___(6)___ it. Second, shop only once a week ___(7)___ you tend to buy more if you shop every day or several times a week. Third, shop on a full stomach. ___(8)___, you may end up buying snacks and things that you don’t usually buy. Lastly, do a price check and shop around for discounts on items you use ___(9)___. Use shop vouchers or coupons whenever possible.
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Consumerism focuses on the belief that it’s beneficial to encourage people to buy and use a large number of goods or services. During its early years of development, consumerism was influenced by the Age of Exploration, which occurred from the 15th to 18th century. During this period, European exploration and colonization of the new lands of America, Africa, and parts of Asia provided the European countries with an abundance of raw materials. These materials were used to create more consumer goods, while vast colonies meant there were large markets to consume the goods European countries produced. These two factors helped increase the spread of consumerism.
The Industrial Revolution, which started in the 1700s in England and soon spread to other countries in Europe and North America, also played a pivotal role in spreading consumerism worldwide. Before the Industrial Revolution, goods were produced on a small scale, often in people’s homes. However, the revolution radically changed this. The invention of new machines, the use of new basic materials, and new energy sources gave rise to a huge number of factories being built in towns and cities where goods could be mass-produced. The greater availability of new and cheap goods meant that there was a greater variety of affordable products for people to choose from, helping intensify the trend toward consumerism.
In the 20th century, effective marketing campaigns caused people to associate their social status with their level of consumption. This led to a boom in consumption rates on a global scale. Today, consumerism continues to intensify as a result of influential marketing strategies and the cheap and steady supply of resources and goods.
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Livestreaming to sell products proved its effectiveness in a campaign to sell lychees in Bắc Giang, a northern province of Vietnam. During the 4th wave of COVID-19 in Vietnam, this province took a flexible approach to boost its lychee sales while at the same time being the epicenter of the pandemic. In early June 2021, Sendo, an e-commerce platform, live-streamed two Bắc Giang farmers who led more than 30,000 viewers on a virtual tour of their lychee orchards and succeeded in selling 8 tons of fresh lychees in a short period. Before that, the Vosco e-commerce platform also assisted farmers in selling agricultural products by utilizing live streaming. Vosco sent their teams to guide farmers on how to take photos of the products, write marketing content, live stream, and sell them on the Vosco platform. Livestreaming has emerged as a new direction for Vietnamese farmers. Thanks to this new sales channel, Vietnamese farmers can control the output of their agricultural products, and the country could potentially have a new billion-dollar industry. However, turning livestreaming into an economic industry requires a lot of work. Firstly, Vietnam needs professional streamers who know how to combine entertainment and sales. It also needs platforms that can support millions of visitors at once and software specifically designed to facilitate interactions between streamers and viewers. This is a huge opportunity for Vietnamese technology companies.
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