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When Kids Watch a Lot of TV, Parents May End Up More Stressed

Nov. 10, 2020 — The more TV kids watch, the more ads they see and the more likely they are to ask for things on shopping trips. That may contribute to parents' overall stress levels, researchers ...

Medical Marketing Has Skyrocketed in the Past Two Decades, While Oversight Remains Limited

Jan. 9, 2019 — Researchers have reviewed medical marketing (the marketing of prescription drugs, disease awareness, laboratory tests and health services to ...

Taxing Sweet Snacks May Bring Greater Health Benefits Than Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

Apr. 27, 2018 — A 10 percent tax on sweet snacks could lead to a similar reduction in consumer demand as taxing sugar-sweetened ...

Jeans Made With Child Labor? People Choose Willful Ignorance

Jan. 9, 2018 — Many consumers have found a way to cope with the knowledge that products they like have been made unethically: They simply forget they ever knew ...

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When Consumers Trust AI Recommendations, or Resist Them

Nov. 25, 2020 — The key factor in deciding how to incorporate AI recommenders is whether consumers are focused on the functional and practical aspects of a product (its utilitarian value) or on the experiential and ...

Carbon Footprinting and Pricing Under Climate Concerns

Aug. 5, 2020 — Marketers can lead how their companies can use the cost and demand effects of reducing the carbon footprint of their products to determine the profit-maximizing ...

Coconut Confusion Reveals Consumer Conundrum

July 6, 2020 — Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers ...

Women Generate Lower Travel-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions

June 10, 2020 — Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to travel by bike, a new study has ...

New Measure for Excessive Buying Problems

Mar. 4, 2020 — Excessive or uncontrolled buying or shopping is a highly prevalent, disabling and growing problem, yet measuring the extent and effects of this significant psychological problem and social issue ...

Short-Lived 'Soda' Tax Worked

Feb. 25, 2020 — A study of beverage sales in Cook County, Illinois, shows that for four months in 2017 -- when the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks ...

A Little Good Is Good Enough -- Excuses and 'Indulgence Effects' in Consumption

Feb. 21, 2020 — Ecofriendly materials, produced under good work conditions -- convincing arguments for most of us. But how do consumers really weigh compliance with ...

Increasing Opportunities for Sustainable Behavior

Jan. 24, 2020 — To mitigate climate change and safeguard ecosystems, we need to make drastic changes in our consumption and transport behaviors. A new study shows how even minor changes to available infrastructure ...

Buying Less Is Better Than Buying 'Green' -- For the Planet and Your Happiness

Oct. 8, 2019 — A new study found that people who consume less are happier than those who engage in other pro-environmental consumer behaviors, like buying ...

Labels of US Probiotic Products Lacking

June 4, 2019 — When it comes to buying probiotics, most product labels do not give consumers enough information to make an informed decision, according to a research ...