• Chariotwheel@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      That and they monitor how people shop and create heat maps of where people move. If one part of the store is underused and others are overused they might shuffle around and see if they can improve on the cold parts by putting them where people go or on the way to the stuff people actually want to go to.

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          11 months ago

          Because it’s psychological manipulation and it’s damn disgusting ! Forces people to buy things on impulse and keep polluting by overconsumption.