4 charged with hacking into concert ticket sites
(AP) -- Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say four California men made more than $25 million reselling tickets to concerts and sporting events they acquired by hacking into Ticketmaster.com and other...
View ArticleAmazon: NC bid to track taxes violates free speech
(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com says it's taking a stand for free speech by fighting an effort by North Carolina tax authorities to identify buyers.
View ArticleOnly top spenders consider school quality when buying new homes: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- School quality is not a significant factor for home buyers, except for those purchasing residences priced in the top 25 per cent of the market, according to Sauder School of Business...
View ArticleSuper bowl XLV ads -- don't expect much
John Antil teaches marketing at the University of Delaware. He has devoted more than 20 years to researching Super Bowl advertising. He is currently completing a research project interviewing more than...
View ArticleNew study says it's time to stop assuming buyers and salespeople are in...
Professional buyers don't really buy that they're in "relationships" with salespeopleat least not the kind of relationship that people share with family, friends, or a romantic partner, according to a...
View ArticleStudy finds online marketplaces overplay safeguards and ignore social aspects...
As Cyber Monday approaches, a new study of e-commerce giants eBay and Amazon challenges a common assumption that trust and risk are always important considerations for buyers in online marketplaces,...
View ArticleIs the deal on? Study shows why herd mentality best mode for group buying sites
We might like to think we're not influenced by other people.
View ArticleMicrosoft offers $99 Xbox consoles with a catch
Microsoft began testing whether a pricing strategy that has been a hit with smartphones will invigorate sales of its Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
View ArticleA problem shared
A study into the effectiveness of shared ownership schemes, which help first-time buyers get a foot on the property ladder, has found that mobility out of the sector is not as good as hoped.
View ArticleAEG to facilitate booking adjacent seats
(AP)—AEG, the sports and entertainment giant that is up for sale, is making it easier to book concert and sports tickets for friends without having to pay for them all at once.
View ArticleThe housing market: Consumers struggle to get the price right
Consumers systematically mispredict both the selling and purchase prices of other consumers due to a lack of cognitive and emotional connection, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer...
View ArticleSelling concert tickets? Consider parking when setting the price
Sellers mostly focus on the desirability of a product when setting prices. Buyers, however, focus evenly on the product itself and what's entailed in using it, according to a new study in the Journal...
View ArticleStudy finds minorities pay more for housing than whites
(Phys.org) —Black and Hispanic homebuyers paid about 3.5 percent more for comparable homes in four metropolitan U.S. markets than white buyers did, according to a Duke University-led analysis of more...
View ArticleA seller's conspicuous consumption may undermine bond with consumers
(Phys.org) —What kind of judgments do buyers make based on the way a sellers present themselves? How do these judgments impact buyers' willingness to close a sale? Penn State Smeal College of Business...
View ArticleSurvey finds women in Britain now own more tablet computers than men
Market research company YouGov has just released its latest tablet computer survey results and reports that women in Great Britain now own more tablet computers than men. They also note that younger...
View ArticleEBay expands same-day delivery to more cities
EBay is expanding its same-day delivery service to more locations and letting buyers and sellers create "collections" of products available on its site as it moves beyond its roots as an online...
View ArticleDell laptop buyers make a stink over cat smell (Update)
A noxious feline odor has some Dell customers hissing.
View ArticleOne-stop mobile app offers Broadway ticket ease
There are plenty of ways to get tickets to Broadway shows: You can wait in line at Times Square's TKTS booth or hunt online at Ticketmaster. You might try a ticket broker or a scalper. Then there's...
View ArticleTicketfly buying WillCall for on-premise data
Ticketfly Inc., a San Francisco-based technology company among several posing a challenge to Ticketmaster, is acquiring WillCall Inc., a crosstown rival that turns your smartphone into a mobile wallet...
View ArticleWho drives Alibaba's Taobao traffic—buyers or sellers?
As Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba prepares for what could be the biggest IPO in history, University of Michigan professor Puneet Manchanda dug into its Taobao website data to help solve a lingering...
View ArticleExperts warn Germany will miss electric car target
Germany looks set to fail in its ambitious plan to put a million electric cars on the road by 2020.
View ArticleGas guzzlers on the decline
In 2008, half of new-car buyers in the U.S. bought vehicles that were rated at less than 20 mpg. Today, just over a quarter do so.
View ArticleReal estate bidding wars aren't going away
Frenzy, frustration and disappointment are what home buyers have come to dread about real estate bidding wars.
View ArticleEBay trying to encourage people to sell more items
(AP) -- EBay hopes to lure more sellers by essentially doing away with "listing" fees for people who occasionally auction items on its site. Instead it will take a cut of the final selling price.
View ArticleGuzzlers B Gone: New fuel economy labels for cars
For years we've had great efficiency labels for washing machines, for refrigerators, for dishwashers and more.
View ArticleCheap leases offered to spur electric car sales (Update)
Auto companies are hoping lower lease prices can put a charge into sluggish electric car sales.
View ArticleSellers 3.5 times more influential than buyers in driving e-commerce platform...
E-commerce platforms, such as Uber and eBay, which link sellers and buyers, face the perennial dilemma of what is more lucrative, supporting the needs of the buyers or the sellers. The traditional...
View ArticleOnline buyers are still significantly influenced by a business's geographical...
Professor Gianvito Lanzolla and Dr Hans Frankort, examined a large online B2B marketplace to identify the key factors which influence a buyers' decision to make a purchase.
View ArticleHouses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier
Climbing house prices seem to scare people but houses are relatively more affordable today than they were in 1990, it's actually interest-rate risk that's the bigger problem for first home buyers.
View ArticleOn the darknet, drug buyers aren't looking for bargains
When drug users go online for the first time to buy opioids, they aren't looking for the widest selection or the best prices for their illicit purchases, a new study suggests.
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