From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: Skipping meals can sabotage your shopping – and your diet, according to a new Cornell study. Even short term food deprivation not only increases overall grocery shopping,…
From the Journal of Consumer Research press release via ScienceDaily: Sellers mostly focus on the desirability of a product when setting prices. Buyers, however, focus evenly on the product itself and what’s entailed in using…
From the Journal of Consumer Research press release via AlphaGalileo: In a competitive context, consumers are willing to pay significantly more to win when other bidders are unknown, according to a new study in the…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via Physorg: A skilful negotiator can save a lot of money when shopping in his favourite store. This was found out by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) in…
From the University of Delaware press release via ScienceDaily: A young woman in Tokyo pays 243,000 Yen for a Louis Vuitton suitcase emblazoned with the company’s iconic monogram. A continent away, another woman purchases the…
From the University of Michigan Ross School of Business press release via HealthCanal: Retail therapy is often lamented as wasteful and irresponsible, but new research from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business indicates…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Conservatives and liberals don’t just differ when it comes to politics, they may also make different purchases at the grocery store, according to new research…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Some retailers, such as Apple’s iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers’ choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via Physorg: Materialistic consumers may derive more pleasure from desiring products than they do from actually owning them, and are willing to overspend and go into…
From the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology press release via ScienceDaily: Shopping is more than the rational exchange of goods against money. Emotions, however, do not only play a role when buying a red sports car…