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Retailers Expect a Grinch-like Christmas, Says UB Retail Expert

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of ...


You wear me out: Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations. What about thinking of other people exerting self-control? ...


Study Shows Promise for Item-Level Use of RFID in Retail Environment

Technology / Other

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas shows further promise for the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items. Researchers tested three popular ...





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Aisle placements affect grocery sales, research shows

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Supermarkets could increase their sales of related items, such as chips and soft drinks, by moving the items closer to each other in their stores, according to research by Ram Bezawada, assistant professor of marketing in ...


Supermarket robot to help the elderly

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.


NASA Announces Screening of Space Shuttle Artifacts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to begin registering to screen potential space shuttle artifacts.


Amazon widens private labels with electronics gear

Technology / Business

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp. Now, the online retailer wants shoppers to check out stuff that carries Amazon's own brand name, ...


In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (54) | comments 15

Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural.


Sold-out products influence consumer choice

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.


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Facebook tweaks home page based on feedback

Technology / Internet

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Worried about missing a birth announcement, or details on what your portly uncle had for lunch?


Will copper keep us safe from the superbugs?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Three papers scheduled for publication in the January issue of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, suggest that copper might have a role in the fight against healthcare-associated infections.


Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment

Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device ...


Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...



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