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Happier Spending
The New York Times: SQUARE WALLET, an innovative new app, is changing the way we spend our money. Here’s how it works: you link your credit or debit card to the app, shop, take your
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Why Wanting Expensive Things Makes Us So Much Happier Than Buying Them
The Atlantic: The idea that you can’t buy happiness has been exposed as a myth, over and over. Richer countries are happier than poor countries. Richer people within richer countries are happier, too. The evidence
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Why Dads Get Short Shrift on Father’s Day — and Dads Are O.K. With It
TIME: When it comes to their respective days of honor, why do dads get funny ties and moms get diamond-heart necklaces? Why do we spend 40% more on Mother’s Day than Father’s Day? Some seemingly
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Do shoppers feel guilty about Bangladesh?
USA Today: The hottest date at the global retail real estate conference that starts Sunday in Las Vegas is Uniqlo. That’s because Uniqlo is one of the three “big hitters” in retail right now, says
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Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more
The Guardian: It’s not always easy trying to read a menu while hungry like the wolf, woozy from aperitif and exchanging pleasantries with a dining partner. The eyes flit about like a pinball, pinging between
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Is Retail Therapy for Real? 5 Ways Shopping Is Actually Good for You
TIME: You know the phrase, “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping”? There just may be some wisdom in that. A survey conducted by TNS Global on behalf of Ebates.com found that more
