Tag: Consumers
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...
Social media scatters your brain, and then you buy stuff you...
Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
