E-cigarette coupons nudge people to start vaping

People who receive coupons for e-cigarettes are more than 1.5 times more likely to begin using them and less likely to quit.

Sam Fahmy-Georgia State • futurity
Jan. 31, 2024 ~4 min

Customers aren’t sold on clothing brands’ social impact

Businesses might not be doing an adequate job of communicating to customers what they're doing to improve society, a study indicates.

Pate McCuien-U. Missouri • futurity
Nov. 15, 2023 ~4 min


After Purdue Pharma lawsuit, competitors swooped in

Legal action against Purdue Pharma resulted in greater marketing spending to promote opioids among its competitors, a study finds.

U. Washington • futurity
Oct. 17, 2023 ~9 min

Will boozy ‘Dunkin’ Spiked’ nudge teens to start drinking?

Dunkin' Spiked, a new line of alcoholic coffees and teas "is too easy an entry point" to alcohol, argues David Jernigan.

Andrew Thurston-Boston U. • futurity
Sept. 18, 2023 ~10 min

There’s more to adaptive clothing than function

Retailers of adaptive clothing must make changes to satisfy an increasingly diverse customer base, a new study finds.

Courtney Perrett - U. Missouri • futurity
March 21, 2023 ~6 min

Scarcity marketing puts a jump in demand

"Get it before it's gone!" type scarcity marketing works for beer companies in Japan, research finds.

Olivia Hall-Syracuse • futurity
Feb. 27, 2023 ~4 min

Audio product recommendations may work better

In experiments, audio recommendations for products like brownies, blenders, and beer were more influential than textual ones.

Stanford • futurity
Jan. 24, 2023 ~7 min

You may actually pay more with an Amazon discount

The next time Amazon touts a big discount, buyer beware: You might actually be paying more than you could be, researchers warn.

Karen Dooley-Florida • futurity
Oct. 7, 2022 ~5 min


Our phones may drive us to buy custom products

A new study shows that consumers gravitate toward custom, rare, or special products when they are engrossed in their phones.

Eric Hamilton-Florida • futurity
Aug. 23, 2022 ~4 min

Misleading ‘natural’ cigar labels are on the rise

More cigar brands are using potentially misleading descriptors, such as natural" on their packaging, new research shows.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
June 9, 2022 ~3 min

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