Consumer Habits | Page 2

A new study reveals that younger consumers with low incomes are more likely to purchase an $8 novelty-shaped pear.

These quirky differences in consumer behavior between members of the two parties matters more to marketers than to politicians.

If your product or service falls short of great, your company won't last long.

Star ratings and testimonials from strangers influence behavior and buying habits. It's time to start managing the conversation around your brand.

The first half of year is gone. Here's the data you need to amplify sales with better channel merchandising in the second half.

As technology evolves, the innate spending habits of consumers gradually become aligned with new developments

Consumers like special offers and loyaty programs for use with mobile wallet apps.

The Internet's pervasive reshaping of how people shop has altered the leisurely seasonal rhythms of high fashion and blurred the distinction between exclusive and mass market retailers.

The U.S. is the world's dominant wine producer and consumer. But times are changing.

Do you understand the many extra charges you face in this era of searching out the Internet's 'lowest price' ?

Digital natives are the most desirable and most challenging market for developers.

Find out which 'E-Factors' are pushing the purchase of goods and services by those with money.

Bringing a better product to market gets you nowhere until customers are in the habit of using it.

A survey of young mothers, who overwhelming control household spending, reveals their online research and trusted recommendations from social-media networks dominate their purchasing decisions.

These three companies are jumping on a consumer trend that will continue to gain momentum (and dollars) in the near future.

UPS and FedEx messed up Christmas deliveries. But lost in the complaints are important changes in American buying that all businesses need to recognize.

Forget about the latest iPhone or Samsung device. The Nokia 6310, discontinued more than six years ago, is the phone of the elite.

The Los Angeles branding firm Ferroconcrete designed a clean but bold reusable pouch for Kusin & Kusin's odor eliminating pet wipes.

The co-founder of OrigAudio Jason Lucash discusses how listening to customers led to a change in product strategy and a major bump in revenue.

With some savvy planning, business owners can make a profit from major news events.

After a two-year standoff, lawmakers vote to formally install the former Ohio Attorney General at the helm of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.