How did improvements in agriculture and the decline of the plague pave the way for a consumer revolution in the early eighteenth century?

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The Answer is Answer would ideally include the following. Better weather and improved agricultural techniques produced more and better-quality food. Coupled with the disappearance of the plague, these factors meant that fewer people died every year, which in turn led to about a 20 percent increase in population between 1700 and 1750. This growth increased the demand for both necessities and luxury products, which provided greater opportunities for merchants and shopkeepers, even allowing them to set up specialty shops that in turn promoted greater consumption of the available goods.

How Did Improvements in Agriculture and the Decline of the Plague