Consumers, florists differ on floral arrangements
Consumer preferences in floral arrangements don’t necessarily match the designs that florists are taught to make, according to a new ...
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Are consumers ready for robots to show up at their doorstep?
With Amazon aiming to make 10,000 deliveries with drones in Europe this year and Walmart planning to expand its drone ...
Power of the pictogram: rensselaer researcher finds that sorted graphics make consumers feel optimistic
Sometimes, how the information is presented is as important as the information itself. Graphics, icons, and pictograms are increasingly popular ...
New study: Pig welfare outweighs climate concerns for consumers
Pork production is a societal concern on several fronts: antibiotics use, infectious disease, poor animal welfare and climate and environmental ...
Purdue survey delves into brand-name food and beverage preferences of consumers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Most consumers would choose brand-name beverages over generic or store-brand beverages, according to the September 2023 Consumer Food ...
Consumers who buy cannabis products containing HHCs could be getting less than they hoped for
Key takeaways In the fast-growing marketplace for recreational marijuana and related products, products containing cannabinoids called HHCs are gaining popularity. ...
Consumers should have more visual cues when making online purchases, experts say
Consumers should have more visual information about terms and conditions when making purchases online, experts have said. Making information more ...
Offsetting or reducing CO2: This is what consumers want
Whether it’s recycled aluminum at Apple’s MacBook Air or compensation payments from Microsoft for emissions over the life of an ...
Often, consumers inadvertently give too much credit to products’ ‘scientifically studied’ claims
Key takeaways A new study finds that consumers often misremember if a product is labeled “scientifically studied” or “scientifically proven” — ...
Consumers more likely to use virtual apparel try-on software if interactive
While more and more people are shopping online, purchasing clothes on the internet poses a unique challenge: What if it ...
Working hard for money decreases consumers’ willingness to risk their earnings, study shows
Studies show that consumers believe people who work hard for their money have higher incomes, are more financially literate and ...
Amid volumes of mobile location data, new framework reduces consumers’ privacy risk, preserves advertisers’ utility
The use of mobile technologies to collect and analyze individuals’ location information has produced massive amounts of consumer location data, ...
Why consumers forgo front-row seats: Sacrificing experience quality for togetherness
Researchers from, Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, Harvard University’s Harvard Business School, and University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith ...
Cash or card? Consumers pay strategically to forget guilty purchases, study shows
“Will you be paying with cash or card?” It’s a question that’s been asked of consumers for decades. And despite ...
Many consumers make unhealthy choices, but ‘uptrend messaging’ can help drive healthy behavior
Good nutrition and regular exercise can help prevent disease, but substantial evidence shows that only a minority of consumers adequately ...
How to protect consumers from deceptive comparison pricing
Researchers from Duke University, University of Notre Dame, and Microsoft published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines using “true normal prices” during ...
An evaluation of the “Aunt Jemima” product rebrand suggests that consumers may be less likely to like, trust and buy a product after such a change – even when informed of the intention to address racism
An evaluation of the "Aunt Jemima" product rebrand suggests that consumers may be less likely to like, trust and buy ...
Consumers care more about taste than gene editing for table grapes
PUYALLUP, Wash. – Despite some hesitation about gene-edited foods, taste trumps everything, according to a Washington State University-led survey of ...
Stock running low? Consumers want to know
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (12/05/2022) – Retailers can reduce the number of incidents where they run out of certain products – ...
AI-powered make-up mirrors are driving consumers back to stores as they enhance sense of ‘fakeness’, new study finds
A new study has found that digital make-up mirrors enhance a sense of ‘fakeness’ and embarrassment and creates a desire ...
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Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony
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Ohio State receives $14 million to study optimal aspirin therapy in pregnancy
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AI image generator Stable Diffusion perpetuates racial and gendered stereotypes, study finds
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‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved
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The dangers of being a saber-toothed cat in Los Angeles 12,000 years ago
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Rise of microplastics discovered in placentas of Hawaiʻi mothers