Beware: Creative Old Dogs Inventing New Dirty Tricks
On Monday, February 22nd, the Credit Card Act of 2009 took effect, outlawing several of the most egregious practices of […]
Money Behaviors, Money Psychology, Retail Psychology
Retail Psychology
Money Behaviors, Money Psychology, Retail Psychology
Recession Promotes Family Time Over Shopping
Jennifer Lance, writing in the January 7th Eco Child’s Play, calls our attention to a positive (and somewhat unexpected) consequence
Control Shopping, Money Psychology, Retail Psychology
Continued Media Focus on Compulsive Shopping
Compulsive shopping is pretty much out of the closet now, with continuing treatment in television, film, and print. Here are
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors, Online Shopping Addiction, Retail Psychology
Gender and Internet Shopping
Less in the Pink Than You Might Think No, it’s not that the rate of internet shopping has fallen off.
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors, Money Psychology, Retail Psychology
Consumer Behavior: Messages into the Void?
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (Viking, 2009) . An old philosopher’s question asks: “If a tree falls in the forest
Compulsive Buying, Retail Psychology
Overshopping Overseas
According to Trinny and Susannah, the two stars of ITV1’s reality fashion show, now in its second season, Brits spend
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors, Retail Psychology
16 Strategies to Curve A Compulsive Shopping Addiction
I’ve given you the three main strategies for stopping compulsive buying and curbing a shopping addiction. Now, I want to
Money Behaviors, Money Psychology, Retail Psychology
Making Less, Spending More: What’s Wrong with this Picture?
In a Washington Post article earlier this year, Michael Fletcher pointed to some disturbing facts about the direction of the
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors, Online Shopping Addiction, Retail Psychology
Tip: Resisting the Shopping Channels
Recent research makes definite and demonstrable what we already suspected: that QVC and other such channels are enabling and encouraging
Mastering Our Emotions, Retail Psychology
Emotions and Buying Behavior: Two Recent Studies
How do negative emotions affect our buying habits? A recent study looked into the effects of sadness on our willingness