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 ...
Impulse purchases are often treated as minor, inconsequential decisions, a quick transaction driven by convenience, optimism, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Baby boomers appear to be best at avoiding them. Nearly three-in-four (74%) millennials said they make frequent or occasional ...
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 ...
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 ...
Impulse buying is the act of making unplanned purchases on a whim without considering long-term goals and needs. Tribune News Service Many of us have given in to the temptation to buy something we don ...
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 ...
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 ...