More than 15 years ago, Van Boven and Gilovich (Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 85, 2003, 1193) presented evidence that experiential purchases make people …

A wealth of consumer research has proposed an experiential advantage: consumers yield
greater happiness from purchasing experiences compared to material possessions. While …

Smartphones have become necessities in people'lives. Along with its obvious benefits,
however, the smartphone has other effects that are not all that glorious. This study …

While research on conspicuous consumption has typically analyzed how people spend
money on products that signal status, this article investigates conspicuous consumption in …

To live in the developed world is to live in a consumerist society. Although the broader forces
that created this society have led to unprecedented material abundance, scholars have …

The growing number of firms leveraging social media for marketing purposes highlights the
urgent need for firms to understand consumer perceptions and attitudes toward posted ads …

This research explores how abstract appeal (ie, describing the features of green products in
a more vague way) and concrete appeal (ie, describing the features of green products in a …

This research is the first to test the hypothesis that consumers face a “material trap” in which
materialism fosters social isolation which in turn reinforces materialism. It provides evidence …

I open my eyes. Lush light floods the room, birds chatter. It is only 6: 30 o'clock in the
morning, but I feel well-rested and alive; time to get up, to brew some coffee. Are you jealous …

Recent evidence indicates that spending discretionary money with the intention of acquiring
life experiences—events that one lives through—makes people happier than spending …