But does this approach
actually lead consumers to make healthier choices?
Not exact matches
Albert Penello, senior director of marketing for Xbox, touched on the same subject — and hinted that cloud gaming could
actually lead to higher costs for
consumers.
«Ambient scent may
lead to an enhanced subjective experience for retail shoppers... the time
consumers spend examining merchandise, waiting in lines, or waiting for help may be made to seem shorter than it
actually is by introducing ambient scent into the environment,» the study read.
It's part of an ongoing shift in the industry in how
consumers pay for their service, with more people
actually opting to pay for their own smartphones because it can
lead to lower monthly charges down the line if you stick with the same device after two years.
One 2011 study in the Journal of
Consumer Research (full text, PDF) concluded that, even though the researchers started the study with the assertion that mess was an averse condition that would
lead to lower efficiency, their experimentation
actually showed that in some people, some clutter
actually made them more efficient, helped them make decisions, and made them feel more creative.
From October 2007 through the July 2010 controversy, Target
actually led Amazon consistently in
consumer recommendation scores, but it seems the crisis cost Target much more than donation money in the two - plus years since then.
Then, in the 2000's,
consumers realized that added sugars were
actually making them fat anyway, and
leading to an explosion in type 2 diabetes.
While there is no clear answer yet, opponents of Digital Rights Management have demonstrated that stripping away the «protection» on ebooks has
actually led to an increase in book sales and a decrease in piracy, as
consumers are often willing to pay for access to a book.
On Friday Macmillan
actually agreed to settle three lawsuits all at once — the ebook pricing case brought by the Department of Justice, but also the parallel case
led by a consortium of attorneys general for the states and even the class - action case filed on behalf of
consumers.
While many politicians will try to make the point that high student loan debt
leads to a higher rate of default, data from the
Consumer Credit Panel shows that the default rate
actually drops as the amount of borrowing increases.
This campaign against class actions is not
actually led by
consumers, but by large businesses that have significant financial interests in making class actions impractical for most people.