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• Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One article that I can’t even fully read? Hardly call that evidence. It’s an interesting hypothesis. However in practice impulse buys are not what the discussion was. It is that the entire store is there to “bombard” you. It’s not. It’s categorized and that’s about it. You are thinking of the “sales” area. Which is routinely paid for by vendors.

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    • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      okay. there’s been research out about the disorienting nature of of grocery stores since the 1970s when piggly wiggly was first normalizing a certain sales area experience.

      and yes. i am talking about the sales area. i wae never trying to claim otherwise. the context this entire time was the experience of being a customer inside a building whose only purpose is to extract value from you as you try to acquire basic living necessities.

      and impulse buys in that context are a desired outcome of the overwhelming experience.

      is your objection just my use of the word bombard? i can use a different word. overstimulate you. better?

      like i can find more articles this was just literally the first thing i found and i hoped it would point you in the right direction and help you understand. but reading your comment here it almost feels like you’ve taken such great offense to how i’ve worded this that you can’t be bothered to engage with what i’ve been saying since the start

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      • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think that is not exclusive to grocery stores. Hence why my confusion. Every store from Best Buy to Kohls to Target to Costco to Auto Zone has a sale section for impulse buys.

        Every company preys on people’s psychology.

        I understand just fine. I just don’t agree it’s aggressive or up to the workers. Including the management. Those directives are extremely high up the food chain in terms of decisions. And from my understanding the vendors pay for their space. They want to make it an impulse for that extra 6 pack or bag of chips.

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