http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:30:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/houston-is-americas-top-mobile-shopping-city-headlines.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:30:50 +0000 The southern city beat out contenders like New York and San Francisco. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/online-shopping-market-reaching-maturity-headlines.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:30:05 +0000 Lower growth than last year points to a fundamental transition in the development of the industry.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/ed-cotton-what%e2%80%99s-the-mindset-of-the-american-shopper.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:43:10 +0000 Consumers are opting to share more and spend less in these economic hard times.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/retail-sales-in-china-up-17-2-headlines.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:12:44 +0000 According to NBS, Chinese consumer spending was up to $262.6 billion as of October.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/social-media-presents-opportunities-dilemmas-for-retailers-headlines.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:45:04 +0000 Companies are using social media to promote products and handle customer relations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/the-de-coupling-of-confidence-and-spending-headlines.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:15:17 +0000 A long-standing economic assumption is being challenged.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/the-business-behind-halloween-infographic-headlines.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:04:12 +0000 The American love of Halloween increases each year according to consumer spending figures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/us-retail-sales-rise-at-fastest-pace-in-seven-months-headlines.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:10:23 +0000 Retail sales in the United States surged at their strongest pace in seven months in September as consumers stepped up their spending.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/cnn-unveils-top-5-us-splurge-prone-cities.html Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:27:38 +0000 A probe by the news agency reveals which five American cities have the consumers who spend the most money without actually having it. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/who-spent-the-most-on-advertising-in-2010.html Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:49:26 +0000 Which companies spent the most last year to get your attention, and how much did they spend? ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/when-peer-pressure-shows-positive-results.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:01:33 +0000 It turns out that peer pressure might not always be such a bad thing after all, particularly when it causes us to act in beneficial ways. With the economy already affecting consumer spending habits, companies are increasingly looking at the ways behavioral economics can be influenced by public transparency and participation.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/shopping-the-pleasurepain-principle.html Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:59:51 +0000 Recent studies conducted by researchers at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon might go a long way in explaining our spending habits or in the case of the current economic downturn, our penny-pinching ways. Apparently, during every purchase we make there is an emotional tug of war taking place in two distinct parts of our brain that determines if we’re going to spend money or not. The study involved imaging shoppers’ brains while they contemplated these decisions. Jonah Lehrer, editor at large for Seed Magazine and author of “How We Decide,” explains: They discovered that when subjects were first exposed toRead more...]]>