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The Impact of Color on Shopping Behavior

Take a look at this interesting infographic on how shopping is influenced by color from KISSmetrics.  

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More on Studying Men as Shoppers

A lot of attention has been devoted to the power and characteristics of women shoppers — and rightfully so. Click here, for example. But, most retailers also need to enhance their knowledge base regarding men as shoppers. With that in … Continue reading

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Is Price Matching Working — Or a Work in Progress?

As we have noted before, some store-based retailers, such as Target and Best Buy, have stepped up their price-matching efforts in an attempt to fend off customer defections to online competitors. But this approach has it downsides, too. This is … Continue reading

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