Want to Avoid Impulse Buying? Avoid Coffee or Any Drink With Caffeine Before Shopping, Expert Suggests

Medicine & Technology Jun 21, 2022

A new study shows that shoppers who drink a complimentary coffee before shopping spent 50% more and buy nearly 30% more items. Read the article to know how caffeine increases impulse buying.

Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder is Real, Psychologists and Clinicians Confirms

May 10, 2021

An international team of psychologists and clinicians confirmed a new debilitating condition called the Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder (CBSD). The framework of the diagnosis determines at what point excessive buying can be considered a disorder.

Retailers Are Adopting AI-Based Solutions for the 'Me-Focused' Lifestyle

Nov 09, 2020

Retailers are turning to artificial intelligence to learn the shopping habits of consumers.

Long-term Happiness Caused by Traveling, Not Shopping

May 11, 2019

The happiness associated with traveling will become a mainstay in your psyche, as shopping gives a rather short lived feeling of happiness.

Hi-Tech Supermarkets

Mar 15, 2019

Grocery stores are technology's next battle ground.

Lava Flow Stalls 700 Yards away from Shopping Center

Dec 24, 2014

Officials at the Hawaii County Civil Defense expected to see the lava reach the Pahoa Shopping Center on or around Christmas. Fortunately, the flow seems to have come up short. According to the Associated Press, civil defense administrator Darryl Oliveira said on Tuesday that the lava appears to have stalled and hardened just 700 yards away from the island's biggest shopping center.