While the psychology of consumer behavior would veer off into a number of different directions in the 1950s, its core remained psychoanalytic theory brought over from Europe in the 1930s. Nothing ...

Retailers are using daily transaction insights to understand subtle (yet important) nuances of how consumer spending shifts ...

In my first article in this series, I laid out an approach for identifying the modes that people get into, and I introduced the idea of a mode map. For part two, I’d like to apply mode map thinking to ...

In business, a key part of effective marketing is knowing the customers needs, wants and desires. Much of this can be predicted by the behaviors in the market and knowing the ideal customer for your ...

NEW YORK — Consumer behavior will remain difficult to map out in 2023, but the lingering effects of the pandemic could clue marketers in on what’s to come in the months ahead, said Mark Mathews, vice ...

Even as overall inflation cools, food prices are still rising faster, keeping pressure on household budgets. Meanwhile, Ibotta's (IBTA) recent "State of the Spend" survey shows 62% of consumers now ...

Retailers best serve customers when they can identify their needs and proactively meet them. That’s why accurately predicting consumer behavior is so important. It might not always be easy — Walmart’s ...

When it comes to modern marketing, consumer research provides marketers with the insights needed to keep up with the ever-evolving preferences and behaviors of their audience. Consumer research ...