Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kiri Masters covers trends in retail media and marketplaces. This article is more than 3 years old. As US retail sales data start ...

Pricing is beyond numbers. It's a powerful tool that shapes customer perception, predicts behavior and communicates your brand's identity. Every day, a new e-commerce store pops up and makes it even ...

Shaping behavior has always been an integral part of design, but whether the design is good for users isn’t always clear cut. Since first being coined as a term in 2010, Behavior Design has grown in ...

New genomic research provides strong rationale against genetic determinism for behavior. It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences ...

Building on a post that looked at times in which media influenced real-world behaviors, we will reflect below on why this can happen through a constellation of theories. 1. Social Learning Theory.

COVID-19 continues to shape traveler behavior in three key areas, according to data from travel insurance aggregator Squaremouth.com. The pandemic has led to an all-time high in travelers wanting to ...

The response—behavioral contagion or empathy—depends on factors such as robot's anthropomorphism and the customer's moral identity GYEONGGI-DO, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- While many ...

Researchers identify two distinct psychologicl pathways in this context: behavioral contagion and empathy, highlighting the importance of anthromorphism and moral identity. While many studies have ...