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NewsRetail Marketing Americans increased impulse spending by 18 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic Slickdeals commissioned a new survey of 2,000 Americans and found that the COVID-19 pandemic has consumers shopping more impulsively than prior to the
NewsRetail Marketing Considering social influences across the customer journey Researchers from Emory University, University of Maryland, Vanderbilt University, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology published a new p
NewsRetail Marketing As stores reopen, consumers feel least safe in shopping malls, safest in grocery and drug stores As states nationwide consider how best to reopen stores while also protecting against further Coronavirus spread, a recent study by First Insight unve
NewsRetail Marketing COVID-19 has not reduced consumers’ demands for sustainable solutions 3/4 of consumers believe retailers could be doing more to push toward environmental decisions Earth Day, the foundation of the modern environmental mo
NewsRetail Technology Consumer payment card usage during coronavirus pandemic could mirror the Great Recession New consumer patterns in use of payment cards emerged in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-2009. That crisis – being now being echoed by the c
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NewsRetail Marketing Americans expect privacy controls 4 out of 5 people want a privacy law to protect personal data 73 percent of people would pay more to online services companies to ensure they did not