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June 13, 2025

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Peer Influence Can Promote Healthier Shopping Habits, Study Reveals
July 30, 2024 — A randomized trial conducted by health economists found that a bit of peer influence can nudge us to select healthier ...
Exploring the Dynamics of Combatting Market-Driven Epidemics
July 25, 2024 — A case definition of market-driven epidemics (MDEs) could help address critical barriers to timely, effective prevention and mitigation, according to a new ...
Companies That Mitigate Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital
July 8, 2024 — A recent study explored the relationship between corporate climate change mitigation actions and the cost of capital for 2,100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The findings reveal that ...
When Consumers Would Prefer a Chatbot Over a Person
May 13, 2024 — Actually, sometimes consumers don't want to talk to a real person when they're shopping online, a new study suggests. In fact, what they really want is a chatbot that makes it clear that it ...
21st Century Economic Growth Will Be Slower Than We Thought
June 23, 2023 — The global economy will grow slower in the 21st century than economists have expected, a finding that has implications for our ability to adapt to climate change in the coming decades, according to ...
Dietary Education Leads to Healthier Lives, Study Finds
Dec. 13, 2022 — Initial data from a clinical research study aimed at increasing diet quality and decreasing cardiovascular risk shows positive results. The study, called Supermarket and Web-Based Intervention ...
Does Throwing My Voice Make You Want to Shop Here?
Dec. 12, 2022 — By breaking the laws of physics in a virtual reality environment, researchers find that changing the location of a virtual assistant's voice in specific ways can be used as a tool to build ...
Cancer and Diabetes Aren't the Only Conditions Driving Medical Debt
Sep. 22, 2022 — Expensive ongoing treatment for cancer and diabetes are the best-known drivers of the medical debt that contributes to two-thirds of personal bankruptcies, but a new study indicates other chronic ...
Cost of Cancer Treatment Can Impact Health of Survivors
Sep. 15, 2022 — A significant number of people who have survived cancer are living in poverty, which can have negative effects on their physical and mental health, according to ...
Local Food Boon Spurred by Pandemic May Be Short-Lived, New Research Reports
Sep. 6, 2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic affected American households in countless ways, but according to researchers, some of the most tangible shifts are taking place in the food ...
Hiding Chocolate Stashes or Online Purchases from a Partner? 'Guilty' Purchases May Have Benefits, Study Finds
Aug. 24, 2022 — Do you have a secret stash of chocolates that you keep from your partner, or do you intentionally keep your spouse from knowing about something you bought online? New research indicates that small ...
Maximizing Could Be Key to Minimizing Our Environmental Footprint
Aug. 22, 2022 — It is well documented that maximizers are less happy with their product-choices than are satisficers, but would this mean that maximizers use their products less? The authors conducted two studies ...
Smartphones Make Consumers Prefer Unique, Tailored Products
Aug. 22, 2022 — Using our own smartphone -- but not a stranger's phone -- pushes us into an individualistic mindset that has us prefer products and services that are rare, special or customized to our ...
'Nutri-Score' Label May Counter Misleading Sugar Claims on Groceries, Analysis Suggests
Aug. 17, 2022 — A new analysis suggests that the Nutri-Score -- a label indicating the overall nutritional quality of a food product -- can counteract the misleading effects of sugar ...
Music Is Key to Converting Consumers' Good Intentions to Actual Purchases in Ethical and Sustainable Markets
June 29, 2022 — Companies selling ethical and sustainable products should use up-tempo major mode music in their marketing to help well-meaning consumers convert their good intentions into actual purchases, new ...
Tight Budgeters Beware: Skip the Coffee Before Shopping
June 16, 2022 — The study found that shoppers who drank a cup of complimentary caffeinated coffee prior to roaming the stores spent about 50 percent more money and bought nearly 30 percent more items than shoppers ...

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