Psychology

In this era of technology dependence, whenever a person needs information, they Google it by using Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s search engine. But, what is the first step consumers take when they are searching for a product to buy? According to Statista, they skip the search...

It started with a group of guys who liked comic books and blew up into the biggest pop culture marketing opportunity of the year, filling all 11 acres of the San Diego Convention Center and sprawling outside into infinity and beyond. The 47th annual San Diego Comic-Con is being held while one of...

If you want to know where Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is going, just look at where they aren’t. It’s a perfect road map to the future. The company, which turned just 22 years old on July 16, has spread its tentacles considerably of late, moving into supermarkets, contemplating...

At Grocer Farm Market, the liquor store Harry Nisso manages on a tough block of 2nd Avenue in Detroit, some customers have asked for the removal of high-definition cameras installed just six months ago through the city’s Project Green Light program. Why? “They want to sell drugs around...

He’s back. And judging from the retro-style media attention he’s getting, it’s like O.J. Simpson never went away. After nearly nine years into a maximum term of 33 years for kidnapping and armed robbery, the one-time NFL icon was granted his freedom on Thursday by the four-member...

Coca-Cola (KO) has been under pressure for a few years. KO is up roughly 33% since 2012. The S&P 500 is up roughly 88% over the same time frame. They have sought to streamline their business and have divested a lot of assets. But the clouds are still dark for Coke. KO has three major problems...

With the rise of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s YouTube and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)’s Instagram, economic decisions have become a lot more social. Consumers are exposed to the product interests and sentiment of their peers and, consciously or not, adjust their shopping...

The Church of Scientology has been issued a permit to complete $8 million in work on a building it bought 10 years ago in the heart of downtown Detroit. The permit outlines renovations to both the interior and exterior at the 50,000-square-foot historic former Standard Savings & Loan Building,...

Scientists say they’ve figured out how much plastics the world has produced, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Of the 9.15 billion tons produced since plastics began their heyday in the 1950s, 6.95 billion tons is packed into landfills or littered elsewhere in the environment. That’s...

For fast-food restaurant operators, the period between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. is referred to as the "fast-food dead zone" as it is smack in between the lunch and dinner hours. In McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD)'s case, a whopping 95 percent of customers show up outside of these...

Constant connectivity and the emergence of smartphones has forever changed the way people consume content. Attention spans aren’t what they used to be. It's this reason that creates a preference for quick engaging content, and has led to the rise to the proliferation of GIFs for...

By EconMatters   We discuss the concepts of Edge Sorting and Advantage Play in regards to improving or creating an edge as a Trader in this video. There are a lot of ideas in Game Theory that can be applied to Trading Concepts to make you a better trader. Here's a link: The new ESPN...

While some fear Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) might take over the world one day, others are ecstatic grocery prices might come down a little after Amazon’s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM). Benzinga took a look at consumer sentiment data from its alternative...

There are no bears in Gummi Bears, no geese in Grey Goose vodka and, a class-action lawsuit contends, no real vegetables in Garden Veggie Straws. Annoyed by what they allege is misleading advertising, two men have filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against Hain...

Elon Musk, the visionary behind Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), is in the vanguard of the autonomous technology space. But he doesn’t believe in unrestrained progress toward artificial intelligence. “AI’s a rare case where we need to be proactive in regulation, instead of reactive,...