Tag: Gifts
The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better
Erick M. Mas, Vanderbilt University
They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might...
A bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s...
Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California
When a rare bottle of Scotch whisky sold for US$2.7 million in November...
Buying gifts? Why ‘buy now, pay later’ could be a dangerous...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Gift-givers hoping to splurge this holiday season despite the pinch of high inflation have...
Gifts of Christmas past: buy secondhand to give your loved ones...
Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, University of Huddersfield and Claire McCamley, University of Huddersfield
Christmas is a period for celebrating our...
The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
Julian Givi, West Virginia University
A good gift can elicit a surge of happiness and gratitude in the recipient....
What’s the point of holiday gifts?
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge...
The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a...
The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better
Erick M. Mas, Vanderbilt University
They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right.
Consumers in the U.S. spend...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
