PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock
Chronic uncertainty in B2B sales can cause mental health problems. These psychological risks need to be handled like any other workplace hazard.
Pro-stock Studio/Shutterstock
Boxing Day has its origins in the Middle Ages and had nothing to do with post-Christmas sales. It is facing further change with the popularity of online shopping.
There are far easier ways to consume music than buying records, which takes time, money and effort.
Alejandra Villa Loraca/Newsday via Getty Images
Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
Jezael Melgoza/Unsplash
Our relationship with money is complex – but when it comes time to indulge or resist the sales, a few tricks can help your spending.
Mary Kay Ash’s legendary love for the color pink symbolized her determination to be a business success by “thinking like a woman.”
Colin McConnell /Toronto Star via Getty Images
Ash derided women’s liberation as “that foolishness” – but her success story is very feminist.
That smile may hurt sales.
Screenshot
A new study found that sales went down when salespeople conveyed emotion during their pitch – including expressions of happiness.
Jane Barlow/PA
The more we buy, the more we throw away.
A convenience store worker hands out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
Which candies count as candy in the eyes of the tax law? The answer often depends on one ingredient.
What have I done?
Shutterstock.
Most people consider themselves canny shoppers – but we’re all human.
Factors ranging from the timing of a book’s release to its subject matter can determine whether it will crack the vaunted list.
Billion Photos/Shutterstock.com
It’s easier to make the list than you might think.
Forest remains after bushfire, Icy Creek Victoria, 1939.
Wikipedia Commons
We should remember past disasters - such as the 1939 Black Friday bushfires in which 71 people died - and learn from them.
Scarcity, trust and repetition are all pressure selling tactics that can be used to manipulate us.
Sam Breach/Flickr
In psychology, we know people don’t always think through their decision-making in a rational and linear way when placed under situations of stress.
Compulsive spending or shopping is considered an impulse control disorder.
PA
Compulsive spending is on the rise, here’s what you need to know.
Think of what your clothes are doing to the planet.
Joe Giddens/PA Archive
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
‘I don’t care what they say about me,’ P.T. Barnum once said, ‘as long as they spell my name correctly.’
Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com
The new movie about P.T. Barnum couldn’t come at a better time: It’s impossible not to see his ghost in our culture, in our advertisements and in our president.
Perhaps there shouldn’t be this many discounts.
Paul Miller/AAP
Discounts can be really powerful in driving sales, but companies should be wary of overusing them.
Shutterstock.com
Virtual reality holds huge potential for advertisers but we should all take note of its potential for manipulation.
“Cooling-off” periods for purchases made in high-pressure selling situations like door-to-door sales don’t help consumers, research shows.
image from shutterstock.com
Customers who make purchases under pressure don’t use the usual 10-day cooling-off period given under law, new research finds.
How not to deal with sales calls.
wavebreakmedia/Shuuterstock
Is hanging-up the only way of getting rid of cold callers?