E-commerce sites tap growing elder market
A community volunteer offers training service on smartphone usage to senior citizens in Changsha, Hunan province, in January.Taobao, China's top e-commerce site, has introduced a browsing interface for older consumers. It is among the companies hoping to expand sales by making it easier for seniors to shop online. On Taobao's new interface, photos and words are larger, there are fewer buttons, and functions are displayed more clearly on the front page. Nearly all links and informati...
E-commerce sites tap growing elder market
A community volunteer offers training service on smartphone usage to senior citizens in Changsha, Hunan province, in January.Taobao, China's top e-commerce site, has introduced a browsing interface for older consumers. It is among the companies hoping to expand sales by making it easier for seniors to shop online. On Taobao's new interface, photos and words are larger, there are fewer buttons, and functions are displayed more clearly on the front page. Nearly all links and informati...
Small steps can lead to big strides on climate incentives
A person walks past a projection during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov 1, 2021.The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 26, has come and gone. It did not unveil a treaty on par with the 2015 Paris Agreement, but it exhorted countries to take steps to keep global temperature increases to 1.5 C above preindustrial levels until the end of the century. Leaders of developing nations demanded $1 trillion annually over the ...
Small steps can lead to big strides on climate incentives
A person walks past a projection during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov 1, 2021.The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 26, has come and gone. It did not unveil a treaty on par with the 2015 Paris Agreement, but it exhorted countries to take steps to keep global temperature increases to 1.5 C above preindustrial levels until the end of the century. Leaders of developing nations demanded $1 trillion annually over the ...
