The term consumer behavior gets tossed around a lot. Let’s take a moment to properly answer the question: What is consumer behavior? At its core, consumer behavior is an act of studying a specific ...

Anyone immersed in the business world has a grasp on how dynamic the market's behavior is when it comes to consuming goods and services. Every year, business owners across the country are forced to ...

As we enter the second half of this decade, consumer behavior continues to shift rapidly. There are many factors at play from rising consumer costs to higher digital engagement to an increased demand ...

NEW YORK — Consumer behavior will remain difficult to map out in 2023, but the lingering effects of the pandemic could clue marketers in on what’s to come in the months ahead, said Mark Mathews, vice ...

In my first article in this series, I laid out an approach for identifying the modes that people get into, and I introduced the idea of a mode map. For part two, I’d like to apply mode map thinking to ...

Brand loyalty plays a crucial role in the success of companies across various industries. But the dynamics of consumer behavior are constantly evolving, and recent trends indicate a significant shift ...

If I were a budding founder building a product in early 2021, my first consideration would be timing. What will the world look like in the next 6, 12, and 24 months? Where will my product fit in the ...

This is the first in a series of monthly conversations between Nation’s Restaurant News and The NPD Group, exploring how the restaurant industry is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the ...

Music is widely used to motivate human behaviors and to influence mindset. Background music plays an important role in our everyday lives (eating, drinking, shopping, and driving). It is an important ...

Consumer behavior—or how people buy and use goods and services—is a rich field of psychological research, particularly for companies trying to sell products to as many potential customers as possible.

A new trend has emerged, and Target is doing its best to get ahead of it. Target has traditionally focused on trendy inventory and partner brands rather than affordability. Consumers are cutting back ...

Consumer payment trends such as pushback on interchange fees, the rise of buy now/pay later, crypto payments and agentic commerce are set to shape payments in 2026. The elephant in the room is the ...