How to Avoid Merchandising Tricks

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Tip 1 - Tricks of the Grocery Store Trade and How to Avoid Falling for Them - Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D.

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sam Mosley | permalink

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]

Tip 2 - How Department Stores Trick You Into Spending More - The Simple Dollar

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Barbara Coe | permalink

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]

Tip 3 - 6 ways retailers trick you into buying more crap

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by rhonda gordon | permalink

Follow these holiday shopping guidelines and you just may be able to afford a vacation in the new year
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For further reading: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/15/6_ways_retailers_trick_you_into_buying_more_crap/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - 50 Supermarket Tricks You Still Fall For

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mark Critchfield | permalink

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]