1) making it fancy but it could break easily.
2) make promotions that make the products sound cheap even when it isnt
3)prices are made difficult so you either have to buy it or take forever to calculate.
4)the most expensive items are at eye level.
5)the stuff in the bins isnt always a good bargain.
6)shopping carts...when you are only buying a thing or two, theres a shopping cart right in front of you to urge you to buy more.
7) restrooms. some restrooms are dirty and either they are far away from exit.
8)other stores only sell stuff in a package so thus this particular store opens it and sells it single and you only need one or two.
9)products are convincing
10)catches a childs eye and thus you have to buy it for your child.
11)the things you dont need are in the middle... why? because then you are going to have to look through all the products if the things u need are at two different ends,
12)eye catching things
13)the only store that has the products
14) you have to buy it because all the other stores are either closed or far away
15)the manager is a good negotiator
2007-12-24 18:53:12
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answered by What 5
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I probably can't come up with 15, but I will try.
1. Lighting - or lack there of
2. Music
3. Odor - candles and colognes
4. Displays of the more expensive items
5. Wandering aisles that cause you to look at more items
6. Positioning of more expensive brand levels
7. Sale, Sale, Sale - even if it is fiction
8. Marking thru price tags
9. Well dressed, slim sales people
10. Not enough check out lines so you will wander around while you wait
11.Offer deals like BOGO, or two for one
12. Offer rebates
13. Sales person offers to give you a discount
14. Flattery
15. Put out only some of the merchandise so you feel the need to buy it before it's all gone
2007-12-25 02:02:46
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answered by Anonymous
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Some folks already gave GREAT answers, but here's one way stores get you to buy more than you intended, and no one's mentioned it yet: free samples/demos!! :)
If I get to sample something I wouldn't normally buy, and if it tastes good to me, I'm much more likely to "try something new." Also, on top of liking what I tasted, I'm even MORE likely to buy the item if the demonstrator tells me some appealing/persuasive things about the product, and or if the demonstrator also has coupons for the item I just tasted and liked.
Anyhoo, merry Christmas Eve! :D
2007-12-25 02:04:06
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answer #3
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answered by scary shari 5
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The 15 ways you are thinking of right now
2007-12-25 02:01:37
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answer #4
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answered by goooheroes 2
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Mail-in rebates.
Flattery.
Buy one get one fee.
Buy one get one for a penny.
Clearance.
Advertising.
In-store credit.
Promotions.
Sales.
Different colors of the same item.
...and five others...
2007-12-25 02:03:44
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answer #5
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answered by The_Girl_With_Kaleidoscope_Eyes 4
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making everything cheap,making it out of cheap stuff so it breaks, and the 13 other answers are written in invisible font.
2007-12-25 01:57:48
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answer #6
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answered by you down? 5
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1) have one item for 70% off and advertise it all over the store.
2) have 50% off the SECOND item you buy
3) i dunno i got bored of thinking up stuff....
2007-12-25 01:57:34
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answer #7
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answered by something crazy 4
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by making it fancy
make ads
make someone to buy and make it look cool
take out a knife and force them
2007-12-25 01:56:06
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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1. Shopping carts. Most department-store customers enter the store intending to buy only an item or two, but the shopping carts are right there by the entrance and, oh, wouldn't it be convenient to have it so I can lean on it a bit while walking around and to put my stuff in it?
The cart has a huge bin compared with the size of most items for sale in the store, making it psychologically easy to toss in an item you don't need -- after all, there's room for plenty more, right?
2. Desirable departments are far away from the entrance. Most of the items I go to a department store to buy, such as light bulbs and laundry detergent, are located many, many aisles from the entrance. This means I spend my time walking by a lot of consumer goods on my way to find the item I want.
Because these consumer goods are effectively marketed to me, there's a good likelihood that I'll spy something that I don't necessarily need and toss it in the cart.
3. The toy section is far, far, far away from the entrance. Naturally, if I take my son to the store, he wants to visit the toy section. He gets excited and starts shouting "Ball! Ball!" to me when we go in because he remembers the enormous plastic balls in the toy section.
I tell him that if he's good, we'll go look at the balls, and at the end of the trip, we usually make our way over there. What do we see? Lots of children in that area, which means that there are parents that follow their children.
4. Impulse-oriented items are near the checkouts. Stores stock the latest DVD releases and "froth" magazines there, along with overpriced beverages and candy.
Why? Because people leaving the store are thirsty, and they're going to be standing in line for a bit, which is the perfect place to hook them with some entertainment options.
5. The most expensive versions of a product are the ones at eye level. Take a look sometime at the arrangement of different choices for a particular product, such as laundry detergent. Almost every time, the most expensive options per unit are placed at eye level, so you see them first when you enter an aisle. The bulk options and better deals are usually on the bottom shelves.
6. Items that aren't on sale are sometimes placed as though they are on sale, without using the word "sale." I noticed this over and over with diapers; the department store would display a rack of them with a huge sign above them displaying the price, but it would be the same price I paid for them a week ago. Unsurprisingly, the diapers displayed like that were always the most expensive kind.
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7. Commodity items, such as socks, are surrounded by noncommodity items, such as shirts and jeans. If I'm looking to buy some socks, I have to traverse through a number of racks full of different types of clothing in the clothing section just to reach them.
Why? If my mind is already open to the idea of buying clothes, I would be more likely to look at other clothing items.
8. Slickly packaged items alternate with less slickly packaged items. Look carefully at an aisle of, say, potato chips. The ones with the bright and slick packaging are generally more expensive, which isn't surprising.
But notice that there usually isn't a section of just inexpensive chips -- in most stores, they're sandwiched between more-expensive items. If there is a section of just inexpensive items, they're down by your feet (think about the inexpensive bagged cereals at your local supermarket).
9. Stop, stop, stop. You add items to your cart only if you stop, right? So stores are designed to maximize the number of stops you have to make: aisles in which only two carts can fit, colorful and attractive layouts, escalators and, my favorite of all, sample vendors. Even if it's not conscious to you, every time you stop moving in a store, you increase your chances of putting something into your cart.
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10. Staple items are placed in the middle of aisles, nonessential and overpriced items near the end. Why? If you enter an aisle to get a "staple" item (i.e., a high-traffic item), you have to go by the other items twice -- once on the way in and once on the way out. That gives these items two chances to make their pitch at you.
11. Prices are chosen to make comparison math difficult. Instead of selling the 100-ounce detergent for $6 and the 200-ounce detergent for $11 (making it easier to figure out the better deal), they sell the 100-ounce for $5.99 and the 200-ounce for $10.89.
Hey, look, they're basically the same, right, because five is half of 10? Uh, no.
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12. Stuff in bins isn't always a bargain. Higher-end stores will sometimes put items in "bins" to emulate the bargains found at cheaper stores, but the prices are still quite high. They just use the visual cue of a "bargain store" to make you think it is a bargain.
13. High-markup items are made to look prestigious. If you see something in a glass case that has lots of space around it, your gut reaction is to believe that it is valuable and prestigious to own, and for many people it can be as attractive as a light to a moth. The truth is that these items typically have tremendous markup -- you're literally just buying an idea, not a product.
14. The most profitable department is usually the first one you run into. Ever noticed that at Younkers, JC Penney, Kohl's and such stores, the cosmetic department is front and center? That's because it's very profitable, and by putting it in a place where people walk by time and time again, customers are more prone to making a purchase on an item with a very big markup.
15. Restrooms and customer services are usually right by the exit or as far from the exit as possible. Why? If you need to use either one in the middle of a shopping journey, you have to walk by a lot of merchandise to reach the needed service, thus increasing your chances for an impulse buy.
2007-12-25 02:00:09
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answer #9
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answered by Ashley D 2
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x.99...lol
discounts:
buy one get one free
buy two get half off
buy two get half off plus additional discount
buy two for the price of 1.......stuff like this
2007-12-25 01:55:49
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answered by cherry Loves the Lord God 6
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