Baby boomers appear to be best at avoiding them. Nearly three-in-four (74%) millennials said they make frequent or occasional ...

Any time you click on a targeted ad and reach for your wallet, or grab something that caught your eye at the supermarket checkout, you are making an impulse buy. And few of us, it seems, have much ...

We've probably all gotten carried away from time and time and bought something we didn't intend to. However, impulse ...

With surging inflation, the last thing you want are impulse purchases you don't really need. But, many of us are making even more of those purchases due to all the slick ads flooding our social media ...

Nowhere may America's consumer culture be more evident than in the peculiar act of impulse buying. Americans love to make snap decisions when they're shopping, and, to a lesser extent, browsing in ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new survey by Bankrate.com found that nearly half of social media users are spending hundreds of dollars a year while making impulse purchases, buying items suddenly without ...

As consumers and the retailers gird for the holiday shopping season, one industry group is sounding a warning: Lots of us are suckers when it comes to impulse purchases. A new phone survey of 1,000 ...

There's a lot of stress, pressure and deadlines that come with filling out your holiday gift list. And that can trigger some purchases that might be a little impulsive. Why do we buy things we might ...

You make lists, clip coupons and comparison shop on the Internet – and yet, you still can’t resist the urge to splurge. You’re not alone. Three out of four adults in this country make impulse ...

CHICAGO — As the retail landscape continues to change and consumers make purchases at more varied locations than ever, Mars Inc. business units Mars Chocolate and Wrigley have teamed to create a joint ...

Much of Internet marketing is intended to sell products. As a matter of fact, I think I can safely make the case that all Internet marketing is, in one way or another, about selling products. What's ...

During the latest episode of NBC’s "Late Night with Seth Meyers," MSNBC host Chris Hayes blasted Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, calling it "disastrous," and a means of promoting his own ideological ...