Category: Retail
Airport Retail and the Psychology of Stress: What Makes Travellers Spend?
That overpriced chocolate bar at Gate 14 wasn’t about hunger—it was about control. In this in-depth essay, we explore how Mood Repair Theory explains airport retail behaviour, especially in high-stress domestic terminals, and what airports can learn from global best practice to meet travellers’ emotional needs.
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Engineered to Spend: The Hidden Psychology Behind Airport Layouts
Airports aren’t just about planes and passports—they’re carefully engineered environments that shape your behavior at every step. From retail layouts to time pressure, here’s how airport design nudges you more than you realize.
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The Reciprocity Effect: How Strategic Favors Create Powerful Relationships
That free cheese cube creates an invisible thread of obligation—the same primal mechanism that once ensured tribal survival now shapes your shopping cart.
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Why Touch Sells: The Hidden Psychology of Shopping
From neuroscience to retail strategy: How our most primitive sense shapes modern buying decisions, and why digital commerce is making touch more vital than ever.
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Sustainability at Events: Innovative Approaches to Reducing Food Waste
The Growing Challenge of Food Waste at Events In the realm of large-scale events, from sprawling...
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Navigating the New Normal: Phygital Solutions in Airport Retail
In airports worldwide, a retail transformation is underway. This “phygital” revolution...
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Phygital Retail Trends: What Consumers and Businesses Need to Know
In the ever-evolving game of commerce, something new has emerged, weaving together the digital...
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Unlocking the Pricing Puzzle: The Power of Weber’s Law
Discover the power of Weber’s Law in setting effective pricing strategies. This blog post unravels how small, incremental changes in price or product variables, guided by this 19th-century principle, can subtly influence consumer behaviour and enhance business profitability. It’s time to focus on the differences that truly make a difference.
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Baby Burgers
Baby Burgers and Baby Tacos are literally baby or little versions which you can eat one handed....
Read MoreMcDonalds building world’s largest for London Olympics
McDonalds has announced it will open its largest ever store for the London 2012 Olympics. Its 3,000m2 spread over two floors with 1,500 seats. It is planned to employ 470 staff and serve 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000...
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Object recognition scanner – huge possibilities
It was perhaps only a matter of time but its surprising that Toshiba’s new object...
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