+1 862 207 3288 In the recent decades there has been a considerable change from an industrial society, where one would be socially classed by the job one has and the class divisions this creates, to a consumer society. Consumer society is just like an industrial one there are divisions which create inequalities. The difference is its not just about rich or poor. Depending on ones situation we have more or less choice within a consumer society and it also shows some inequalities that ones social status can create.
As stated by (Hetherington 2009 pg 37) department stores, first began to appear in Europe in the 1860s. They did so principally by extending the idea of luxury to a wide range of consumers and by creating an environment where shoppers could engage in consumption as if it were a seductive, imaginary fantasy world of abundance and availability. They stocked such a wide variety of pro…(short extract)
