“Studies show that the slower the tempo, the slower people walk through the store, so the more they put in their baskets and the more they end up buying.”

DEBORAH MACINNES, professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, describing how the music that retail stores choose to play affects consumer behavior during the all-important holiday shopping season [via The Los Angeles Times]

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