Score a discount on Amazon? You might've unwittingly paid more
More than a quarter of vacuum cleaners sold on Amazon have at some point pretended to offer a discount when they had actually just increased the price, according to new research.
More than a quarter of vacuum cleaners sold on Amazon have at some point pretended to offer a discount when they had actually just increased the price, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2022
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Call it "having their 'Pi' and buying too." A new study finds that consumers are more likely to make purchases during promotions tied to a special day, like Pi Day (March 14), than during regular holiday or non-distinctive ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2022
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Climate change mitigation and other long-term infrastructure projects such as housing and public transportation networks are costly investments but they provide benefits to society for decades or even centuries in the future. ...
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2021
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Researchers from Oklahoma State University, University of Missouri, Iowa State University, and University of Georgia published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that investigates the question of how salespeople should ...
Economics & Business
Jan 8, 2021
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A new study from Queen Mary University of London has shown that chronic and temporary crowding experiences lead to tourists being less sensitive to higher prices. The findings also show that marketing and promotional discounts ...
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2020
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Shoppers who win retail discounts through scratch-off tickets or other games of chance are more likely to make a purchase, and spend more money, than customers offered standard discounts that apply to everyone, according ...
Economics & Business
Oct 3, 2019
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Subscription-based service providers including newspapers, cable and internet providers and utility companies often issue price-based incentives including discounts in response to complaints about service failures. It's been ...
Economics & Business
Jul 1, 2019
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Some shoppers find it difficult to resist the siren song of a discount.
Economics & Business
Jun 26, 2018
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Coming to a Whole Foods near you: Discounts, if you're an Amazon Prime member that is.
Business
Jun 25, 2018
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Facebook, Google, Comcast and Berkshire Hathaway are among a number of large companies that have dual-class stock structures, providing controlling shareholders with majority voting power despite owning a minority of total ...
Economics & Business
Apr 18, 2018
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