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Supermarket Psychology: Are you a Shopaholic?

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Oniomania, or more commonly known as “shopaholism”, is defined as “an abnormal impulse for buying things”. Often time consumers do not realize that they have swiped their credit card to purchase items that were unnecessary, only until the day the bill comes in do they realize their monthly budget had been overspent. Not only do […]

The Ugly Truth of Fast-Food Playlands

Monday, September 19th, 2011

When you go into a typical fast food restaurant, you see workers busily cleaning the tables and washing the floors to make sure everything are sanitized. However, do you ever ponder how often and how well they clean the children’s playgrounds in the restaurant? Dr.Erin Carr-Jordan, a child development professor and a mother of four […]

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