Purchasing and pricing has always been a dance between buyers and sellers. Before deciding to make a purchase, buyers spend varying amounts of time and effort searching for price information. These searches can and do affect ...
Economics & Business
Aug 18, 2016
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August was the biggest month ever for U.S. gasoline consumption. Americans used a staggering 9.7 million barrels per day. That's more than a gallon per day for every U.S. man, woman and child.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 27, 2016
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A traditional belief in retail marketing is that prices ending in "9" - $1.99 or $2.99, for example—will prompt more purchases than a whole number. But is that true? And is a simple one-penny price difference the best tactic ...
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2018
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"Showrooming" has been a worry for brick-and-mortar retailers since the advent of the smartphone. That's when a customer looks at a product on the shelf, searches online for more information, sees a cheaper price, and buys ...
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2015
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Apple made a strong case for how you can use its upcoming Apple Watch, and the device stacks up well against the competition.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 10, 2015
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An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain control of the Internet's most profitable company could cost Google more than half a billion dollars.
Business
Apr 2, 2015
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Apple is cutting prices on two iPad models and introducing red iPhones, but the company held back on updating its higher-end iPad Pro tablets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 21, 2017
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What's in your stuff? Most of us give no thought to the materials that make modern life possible. Yet technologies such as smart phones, electric vehicles, large screen TVs and green energy generation depend on a range of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 1, 2018
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Lifting the ban on crude oil exports will reduce gasoline prices in the United States, according to an analysis co-written by Charles Mason, the H.A. True Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics at the University of ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2015
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Should one produce wheat or corn this year? When is the best time to put products on the market? In emerging countries in particular, producers are exposed to food price fluctuations. Can social networks be used as a means ...
Economics & Business
Mar 23, 2015
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