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A research firm said that worldwide sales of hi-tech smartphones grew at their slowest pace

Global crisis hits smartphone sales

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide sales of hi-tech "smartphones" grew at their slowest pace yet in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis hit demand, a research firm said Thursday.





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Does scent enhance consumer product memories?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It may seem odd to add scent to products like sewing thread, automobile tires, and tennis balls, as some companies have done. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says scent helps consumers remember produc ...


Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

With increasing species richness, due to more plant introductions than extinctions, plant communities of many European regions are becoming more homogeneous. The same species are occurring more frequently, ...


Bargain or waste of money? Consumers don't always agree

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2006 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Once consumers buy an item, it is often difficult for them to get rid of it, even if it makes rational sense to do so. This is even the case if those purchases might include shoes that cause blisters or clothes that no longer ...


We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de ...


How categories and environment create satisfied and well-informed consumers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Expert consumers like to be surprised by unusual product formats, while novices crave familiarity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


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Pork meat grown in the laboratory

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (43) | comments 53

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish.


Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of cans of a popular ready-to-drink diet product are being recalled in the United States after tests showed the liquid meals could be tainted with bacteria, the manufacturer said Friday.


Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...


Conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity: a challenge for the countries of the South

Biology /

created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Humans have regularly been introducing exotic species into natural environments in order to provide for their nutritional necessities or meet less indispensable purposes such as horticulture, fishing or hunting. However, ...


Google is routing World Bank data to fact seekers

Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.



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