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A retail scholar explains what drives consumers to behave badly on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Online grocery shopping is a potential growth area for Canadian grocery chains. Yet Canadians are proving to be lukewarm about buying groceries online, preferring to shop in stores.
The decision by the bureau’s founding director to step down this month offers Republicans and the Trump administration a chance to finally gut the bureau they’ve long despised.
New stores based on the business of personal shoppers for Chinese clients are capitalising on the country’s emerging middle class.
The government needs to learn from the mistakes in the US in sharing our credit history information to third parties.
Republican efforts to kill a rule designed to make it easier for people to sue banks are a reminder of why it’s so important to have a government agency that protects consumers.
It might seem ridiculously early, but you may wish to heed the benefits of starting your Christmas shopping early.
The rapid penetration of internet technologies in Africa provides hope for e-commerce’s continued growth. Potential online stores need to understand what draws or pushes customers away.
Weather has an impact on the sales of certain products, and new research shows that timely adjustments in price and advertising can make it possible for firms to increase profits.
Companies are exploiting a knowledge gap with consumers and fears of the supposed health hazards of certain ingredients with so-called absence labels.
Inequality actually restricts people from earning more, educating themselves and becoming entrepreneurs.
People may initially assume the worst when they encounter for-profit companies with social missions. What can these social ventures with good intentions do to gain people’s support?
Shifting to plug-in cars wouldn’t be enough to max out global oil consumption by 2040. But it could help make that happen if cities pitch in and ride-sharing doesn’t crowd out public transportation.
A recent ban on charges for paying by credit or debit card could open the door to legal action for surplus fees paid in the past.
The economics of the money-back guarantee can work in retailers’ favour, in certain circumstances.
Most Americans cling to things with sentimental value that we no longer need. Taking pictures of these possessions may make it easier to give them away.
Republicans are hoping to eliminate or at least defang the only federal agency tasked solely with protecting consumers from financial abuses. What would we miss if they succeed?
Watch out for booming burger prices in barbecue season.
What the lessons of failed high street brands mean as M&S finally makes a big move.
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Emeritus Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Law, St. John's University
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Susman Professor in Sustainability and Professor of Marketing, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Indiana University
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Professor of Clinical Education, St. John's University
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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