Does the consumer really know best?
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Life & style: Tim Lang, inventor of the phrase 'food miles', says decision-making should be left to the supermarkets.
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More phone and cable companies promise high-speed Internet access, but how is a consumer to know?
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What does it mean to "buy what you know"?
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Most people shopping online for food will pick healthier options when offered a choice, research suggests.
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Why do we buy? Because marketers know we can't help it. Here are six of their retailing tricks.
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NEW YORK Sept. 26, 2004 - When nervous consumers hold on to their money, Wall Street gets nervous about profits. So the question investors hope will be answered in the coming week is, just how nervous are consumers these days?
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Home credit lenders are told   they must provide clearer information to consumers about loan costs.
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Most Americans read food labels to   help them decide what to buy but few people actually understand   what they're reading or consuming, according to two
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A quarter of online Americans have taken advantage of one of the Internet's true powers: the ability to let users collectively decide whether to trust a product, service or individual.
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Curious marketers use 3-D face maps and algorithms to test consumers' reactions to various foods.
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Probing the depths of spending psychology.
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Consumers would appear to be more cautious, if we can believe the Conference Board&#39;s US consumer confidence index for October, released Oct. 26.
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Restrictive hardware and convoluted rights management crimp consumer choices.
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Devices seen as good entry point to consumer electronics market.
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Few precise details of the product are known although the company has been releasing tidbits of information.
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Buy high or low? The tale of sales offers some insight.
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Knowing the brand of a soft drink can actually influence our perception of what it tastes like, scientists believe.