Tag: Consumers
The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the...
Americans are tiptoeing out of economic turmoil this holiday shopping season
Ayalla A. Ruvio, Michigan State University and Forrest Morgeson, Michigan State University
With two big shopping days on the...
Why more food, toiletry and beauty companies are switching to minimalist...
Lan Anh Nu Ton, Texas Christian University
For decades, marketers of consumer goods designed highly adorned packages, deploying bold...
What drives people to panic buy during times of crisis: A...
Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University and Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University
Fear can cause people...
A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and...
Jared Starr, UMass Amherst
About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a...
Just in time for back-to-school shopping: How retailers can alter customer...
Christopher Faires, Iowa State University and Robert Overstreet, Iowa State University
Back-to-school sales are underway, and people across the...
Travelers will refuse an upgrade to sit near a loved one...
Ximena Garcia-Rada, Texas A&M University; Michael Norton, Harvard University, and Rebecca K. Ratner, University of Maryland
The Research Brief...
Talking puppy or finger puppet? 5 tips for buying baby toys...
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University and Jennifer M. Zosh, Penn State
Picking out a baby toy – whether it’s for...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
