--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # consumer psychology ## consumer psychology Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 16, 2017 ## [Why Wine Tastes Better When It Costs More](https://time.com/4902359/wine-tastes-better-when-it-costs-more/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Amanda MacMillan *  Jun 22, 2015 ## [1 Totally Common Shopping Habit That's Wrecking Your Budget](https://time.com/3929244/shopping-budget/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  May 15, 2015 ## [This Is Why Tech Bubbles Actually Happen](https://time.com/3859396/tech-bubble/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Feb 25, 2015 ## [1 Trick to Getting What You Want When You Negotiate](https://time.com/3721182/negotiating-trick/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Feb 4, 2015 ## [When Gas Prices Fell, Nobody Expected This](https://time.com/3694821/when-gas-prices-fell-nobody-expected-this/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Feb 2, 2015 ## [Here's the Surprising Reason Companies Can Get Away With Bad Service](https://time.com/3689255/heres-the-surprising-reason-companies-can-get-away-with-bad-service/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Jan 29, 2015 ## [The 1 Weird Reason You're Tipping More](https://time.com/3687361/the-1-weird-reason-youre-tipping-more/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Jan 23, 2015 ## [When Retail Therapy Backfires](https://time.com/3679561/buying-sad/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Oct 29, 2014 ## [5 Ways Money Can Buy Happiness, Backed by Science](https://time.com/3545709/money-can-buy-happiness/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Martha C. White *  Aug 21, 2014 ## [3 Reasons Why Your Relationship With Food is Crazy](https://time.com/3136427/3-reasons-why-your-relationship-with-food-is-crazy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Eric Barker *  Jun 26, 2014 ## [New Retail Mantra: Customers are Scum](https://time.com/2927494/customers-sales-clerks-nasty/) [SCIENCE](/section/science/) by Michael D. Lemonick ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/consumer-psychology/","name":"consumer psychology"}}]}] ```