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International Journal
of Consumer Studies, Vol.
Not exact matches
Understandably, two - thirds
of consumers polled in a recent
study by Gartner said they worried that their home devices could be used to listen in on their private conversations.
In fact, a recent Nielson
study found that 70 percent
of global
consumers trust online reviews, up 15 percent within a four - year period.
The Journal
of Consumer Research ran a number
of studies on this difference in terminology.
But a new
study from
consumer lender Earnest shows that the vast majority
of those 4 million people aren't making very much money by working on any
of the major gig economy platforms.
To get to this point, 23andMe had to conduct extensive
studies proving the accuracy
of its tests and assuring regulators that the reports can be easily understood by
consumers so that they can make informed health care decisions.
There are obvious consequences to drinking on the clock: A
study from the Journal
of Consumer Psychology found that prospective hires who ordered a glass
of wine during an interview were seen as less intelligent than those who abstained — even when the interviewer was indulging in a drink.
Studies commissioned by his group project that over the next decade, PBMs will save employers,
consumers, and the government more than $ 2 trillion, and have already helped reduce by a third the projected cost
of the Medicare Part D program, a largely privatized drug benefit for seniors.
In fact, a 2015
study by Walker Sands showed that 35 percent
of consumers surveyed said they would shop more online if they could interact with products virtually.
According to an Infosys
study, 86 percent
of consumers surveyed said that personalization plays a role in their purchasing decisions.
Some
studies published in the Journal
of Consumer Research explained that people follow the expectation rule with one exception: The color red.
According to a 2016 McKinsey
study, autonomous vehicles, including drones, will account for about 80 %
of all
consumer parcel deliveries during the next 10 years.
According to a
study published this week by the Pittsburgh - based market research group CivicScience, digital device addiction is at an all - time high: 59 percent
of U.S. online
consumers over the age
of 13 consider themselves at least «somewhat» addicted to their digital devices.
Page said that even in a best case scenario, a male birth control pill for
consumers is still between five and 10 years away, since much larger - scale
studies need to be done before the FDA would give a seal
of approval.
Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent
of consumers say that they believe the Internet
of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a
study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by
consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.
LYNE: Every
study of consumer buying points to the fact that women aren't just the dominant
consumer, but are either responsible for, or have the final say on, 80 %
of all
consumer purchases.
Despite being an America - only
study, it's still an interesting barometer
of consumer sentiment, particularly when so much coverage features headlines like «America's most hated companies.»
In a
study published in the Journal
of Consumer Research that examined the impact
of mental stress on food choices, a majority
of the participants selected an unhealthy food (chocolate cake) over a healthy food (fruit) after completing a complicated memorization task.
«In sum, the findings
of all
studies reveal that
consumers only show better self - control following reflection on their past under very specific conditions - when they recall their past self - control successes easily,» the research release reports.
In one experiment, the
study's authors showed
consumers either black - and - white or colour pictures
of four different types
of shoes: plain sneakers, leopard print sneakers, plain heels and leopard print heels.
The results
of the
study show that modern retail involves integrating technology into the
consumer's online and digital shopping experience.
In its latest
study on private student loans, the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau completes what up until now has been a fragmented picture
of America's growing student debt crisis.
A 2013 Federal Trade Commission
study found that 20 percent
of consumers identified errors on their reports that might affect their score, and 5 percent had an error significant enough that it could result in their paying higher loan rates.
A 2012
study of debt - payoff strategies from Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management found that
consumers paying off small balances first were more likely to have eliminated their entire debt than those focusing on other strategies.
A new
study by consultancies BBMG and GlobeScan has found there are four
consumer categories around sustainability retail decisions: the die - hard «yes» sustainability - conscious shoppers, whom they call «Advocates,» the «no» shoppers (there are two categories here, the «Practicals,» who prioritize price and quality
of a product and look at sustainability last, and the «Indifferents»), and a fourth category: the «Aspirationals.»
According to a recent Millard Brown
study, 47 percent
of consumer media screen time is now spent on mobile devices.
Key takeaway: Sneakerheads are mostly online these days, but recent
studies show that many
of these
consumers — who come largely from the millennial and Generation Z cohorts — prefer shopping in stores.
As the
study points out, this means that brands can easily lose control
of the available information about their products as
consumers turn to third - party sources to determine how products were made.
The
Consumer Reports
study highlights the growing popularity
of web - connected televisions that make it easy for people to watch streaming video services like Netflix on their TVs.
While investing in ethical systems and materials may require more costs up front, it can have a massive payoff (in addition to being the ethical choice): According to the
study, 73 percent
of consumers say they're willing to pay more for a product that promises total transparency.
A 2010
study conducted by Cone Communications, a public relations and marketing agency focused on social causes, reported that 80 percent
of consumers are more likely to purchase a product that supports a cause during the holiday season.
The
study found that almost 94 percent
of all
consumers are more likely to be loyal to a brand when it commits to full transparency.
But all Americans, whether you may lose your coverage or not, should closely
study the mechanics
of the plan: It puts
consumers on the firing line precisely where Obamacare removed those uncertainties.
The Financial
Consumer Agency
of Canada on June 7 released a
study on the country's newfound love
of home equity lines
of credit, which often are referred to by their ugly acronym, HELOCs.
As well, several
consumer - confidence
studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 %
of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.
The Rapt Media
study found that nearly half (46 %)
of the
consumers they surveyed said content they find on their own influences their purchase decisions.
A recent
study by two assistant professors at the University
of Toronto's Rotman School
of Management found that while
consumers» overall behaviour is shifting toward greater social responsibility, the rise in ethical, or green consumption hasn't made people more altruistic.
According to the Harris Poll's most recent «Reputation Quotient»
study, 60 %
of consumers surveyed had decided not to do business with a company because
of something they learned about how the company conducts itself.
«Applied Food Sciences knew or should have known that this botched
study didn't prove anything,» said Jessica Rich, director
of the FTC's Bureau
of Consumer Protection.
The ranking is part
of a detailed new
study of the world's billionaires, by WealthX, a market research firm that helps businesses reach ultra-rich
consumers, and UBS, whose wealth management arm handles a big chunk
of their money.
«For all the media coverage
of groundbreaking autonomous vehicle investments made to date, a surprising number
of U.S.
consumers are still looking for a new, focused player to enter this market,» Deloitte wrote in its
study.
NerdWallet has released a
study of travel rewards credit cards and the loyalty programs for four U.S. airlines — American, Delta, Southwest, and United — that determines how
consumers should best use their points and frequent flier miles.
The
study is a survey
of consumers living in the southwest, midwest and parts
of the southeast, which Jankowski theorized were a unique and overlooked
consumer market.
From the bank's universe
of 37 million checking account customers, the think tank's researchers stripped identifiers and grabbed a sample
of 2.3 million families across 23 U.S. states for whom they had «a very good window into their financial lives,» said Fiona Greig, JPMCI's Director
of Consumer Research, who presented the
study's key findings prior to the panel discussion.
According to the
study, just 23 percent
of Americans see brands as honest, which means you've got to strive especially hard to win
consumers» trust: their de facto position is to not trust you.
According to a 2015
study from former President Barack Obama's Council
of Economic Advisors, conflicted advice was costing
consumers about $ 17 billion in retirement earnings each year.
In fact, a 2014 Edison Research
study found that 42 percent
of consumers expect a response on social media channels in under an hour.
The hearing was part
of a «
study on corporate practices by companies supplying and manufacturing products in developing countries for Canadian
consumers.»