Comments on: Mall Economics http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:17:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-12907 Kate Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5183#comment-12907 Ok. I'm thinking you're really bored today. Ok. I'm thinking you're really bored today.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-12908 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5183#comment-12908 Heh. After reading that dumb story, I was at least going to get some kind of post out of it! Heh. After reading that dumb story, I was at least going to get some kind of post out of it!

]]> By: Kate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-12909 Kate Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5183#comment-12909 Well, I feel your pain. But at least I've been puting a little creative effort into my meaningless content! Well, I feel your pain. But at least I've been puting a little creative effort into my meaningless content!

]]> By: Little Miss Attila http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-12910 Little Miss Attila Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5183#comment-12910 Hey, Kate--I FORWARDED that link to a friend. One with an anthropology degree she may not ever use, of course . . . Hey, Kate--I FORWARDED that link to a friend. One with an anthropology degree she may not ever use, of course . . .

]]> By: Ben M. Schorr http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mall_economics/comment-page-1/#comment-12911 Ben M. Schorr Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5183#comment-12911 I've actually read Underhill's book "Why We Buy" and found it fascinating. I think anybody in the retail business should read it twice. It's really remarkable the depth at which the shopping experience is studied by these "retail anthropologists" to the level that they predict which way a shopper is going to walk when they enter a store, which signs they're going to look at and so forth. I'm not as interested in Underhill's philosophy of the shopping mall, but his work on consumer behavior is really quite good. -B- --- I've actually read Underhill's book "Why We Buy" and found it fascinating. I think anybody in the retail business should read it twice.

It's really remarkable the depth at which the shopping experience is studied by these "retail anthropologists" to the level that they predict which way a shopper is going to walk when they enter a store, which signs they're going to look at and so forth.

I'm not as interested in Underhill's philosophy of the shopping mall, but his work on consumer behavior is really quite good.

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