Tag: Marketing

Study suggests anxious adults drawn to advertising messages that feature home concepts

From the Vanderbilt University press release: New research by Steve Posavac, E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, uncovers another consequence of anxiety symptoms:… Read more »

Study suggests poor understanding of ratios leads to bad shopping decisions

From the University of Miami press release: Consumers make poor purchase decisions when they need to work with ratios to assess a product’s value, says a new study published in the… Read more »

Consumers see much greater risk than reward in online ads

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Personalized ads now follow us around the web, their content drawn from tracking our online activity. The ad industry has suggested we’re… Read more »

Study suggests photos are more credible but cartoons are more persuasive when conveying a message

From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) press release: If you’re creating a message to educate, inform, or persuade, don’t underestimate the power of a… Read more »

We buy what we grasp: How our hands lead us to choose certain products

From the Bocconi University press release: The things we touch while shopping can affect what we buy, according to studies by Bocconi Department of Marketing’s Zachary Estes and University of… Read more »