impulse buying

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China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Our penchant for shopping on our phones is accelerating our impulse buying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Usually, this is due to impulse buying and upgrades in your lifestyle — a bigger apartment in a nicer neighborhood, or an extra vacation in a ritzy hotel.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

They want to save more, stop impulse buying, improve their credit and shore up an emergency fund.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Kat says impulse buying is "one of the worst habits you can have" when it comes to saving cash.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023