As soon as she saw one, hilary wanted a flat-screen television, but she was worried about making the wrong choice. she waited until there were alternatives in the market with lower prices and improved quality. hilary is part of the diffusion of innovation group.

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t