How to Avoid Merchandising Tricks

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Tricks of the Grocery Store Trade and How to Avoid Falling for Them - Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D. More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Sam Mosley | permalink
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Anita Marlay - Thanks to subtle marketing tactics, grocery stores are like minefields designed to make customers to spend more...

For further reading: http://www.timigustafson.com/2013/tricks-of-the-grocery-store-trade-and-how-to-avoid-falling-for-them/ ^[1]

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How Department Stores Trick You Into Spending More - The Simple Dollar More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Barbara Coe | permalink
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Ever noticed how you go to the store to just pick up one thing, then by the time you get back to the checkout aisle, you have five or six things in your ca
For further reading: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/15-ways-department-stores-try-to-trick-you-into-spending-more-than-you-need-to-and-10-ways-to-fight-back/ ^[2]

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6 ways retailers trick you into buying more crap More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by rhonda gordon | permalink
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Follow these holiday shopping guidelines and you just may be able to afford a vacation in the new year
Tags: Salon.com, AlterNet, shopping, Retail, New York Times, Christmas, Black Friday, christmas shopping

For further reading: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/15/6_ways_retailers_trick_you_into_buying_more_crap/ ^[3]

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50 Supermarket Tricks You Still Fall For More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Mark Critchfield | permalink
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Food experts, industry analysts, and store employees share their insider strategies on how to save money on groceries, stay healthy, and beat the supermarkets at their own game.
Tags: how to save money on groceries,eating healthy,shopping advice,ways to save,saving money

For further reading: http://www.rd.com/slideshows/supermarket-tricks/ ^[4]

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Pricing Psychology: 7 Sneaky Retail Tricks More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Angel Macario - Alliegro | permalink
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Read about the most popular pricing tricks and how retailers manipulate price tags to get us to spend more than we normally would.

For further reading: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pricing-psychology-7-sneaky-retail-tricks/ ^[5]

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Angel Macario - Alliegro, Mark Critchfield, Barbara Coe, rhonda gordon, Sam Mosley

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1. http://www.timigustafson.com/2013/tricks-of-the-grocery-store-trade-and-how-to-avoid-falling-for-them/

2. http://www.thesimpledollar.com/15-ways-department-stores-try-to-trick-you-into-spending-more-than-you-need-to-and-10-ways-to-fight-back/

3. http://www.salon.com/2012/12/15/6_ways_retailers_trick_you_into_buying_more_crap/

4. http://www.rd.com/slideshows/supermarket-tricks/

5. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pricing-psychology-7-sneaky-retail-tricks/