I’m sure we’ve all been in the situation where you’ve gone to the shops to grab a couple of specific things and come back with a whole host of items.
Well, that’s exactly what stores want us to do, and there’s a number of ways they try to lead us in that direction.
So, here are 15 sneaky manoeuvres and tricks stores use to try and make us spend more when we really don’t need to.
1.
Eye level is buy level.
2.
Cereal box characters look down.
4.
Essentials go at the back of the store.
5.
Nice smells drive sales.
6.
Playing music in the store.
7.
Buy one get one half price/free.
8.
Carefully designed fitting rooms.
11.
Countdown timers on websites.
12.
Big shopping trolleys.
13.
Periodically changing the layout.
14.
Those big red SALE signs.
15.
Getting you to download their app.
What other tricks are stores using to get us to buy stuff? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bendzialdowski/shopping-tips