Tag Archives: consumer issues
Instant Gratification? Sure. But It’ll Cost You
If you're borrowing money on a credit card because you must have it NOW, at least know how much you're really paying.
If you knew the real price, you might think twice about paying it.
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Keep Track of Recalls
A new way to keep you and your loved ones safe
Hearing about a product recall on television weeks after the product has been declared unsafe…
By Sheiresa Ngo
The 7 Deadly Sins of Money Management
Avoid these blunders to save your finances.
Avoid these blunders to save your finances.
By Sheiresa Ngo
What the Future Holds for Consumers
In 40 years, �the customer is always right� will be more than a catchphrase
I remember how excited my husband and I were when we first ordered groceries online.…
By Sheiresa Ngo
How To Keep Track of Product Recalls
Resources to help you find out about dangers to you and your family before it�s too late
Remaining unaware of recalled items could put your health and the health of your family…
By Sheiresa Ngo
Andersons Complete Year of ‘Buying Black’
Empowerment Experiment family discusses challenges, triumphs
The Empowerment Experiment’s Anderson family discuss the successes that kept them empowered, the struggles that…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Why I Hate The Hookup
Want to support black entrepreneurs? Stop hitting them up for freebies
One of the biggest drags on black economic empowerment is the “hookup”: black people expecting…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Yeah, I Got It On Layaway. What About It?
I applaud the return of installment payments as a shopping option. There's just this one thing.
The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
I’m Not Rosa Parks. He’s Not Dr. King.
But they are The Empowerment Experiment
Dr. King tells me that even though he and Rosa Parks and all the other…
By Maggie Anderson
My Powerful Life As Mrs. Buy-Black America
Thanks to the Empowerment Experiment, we've met some extraordinary entrepreneurs
When we created The Empowerment Experiment, we knew things would be different. We knew…
