Online shopping has become increasingly popular over the last few years; with many people opting to browse through shops and catalogues from the comfort of their home. Thousands of big stores have their own virtual shops where users can read about products for sale and scroll through pictures and photographs. Read the full story

When an appliance breaks, many of us typically used to throw it away, and head off to buy a new one. Similarly, when we got a hole in our jeans, we would head down to the shop and buy a new pair. Whereas this may have been our behaviour a few months ago, the ongoing recession is changing many things about the way we behave. Economising is today the name of the game, and the end of our throw-away culture is near. Read the full story