How Shopping Malls Make You Buy (HUNGRY BEAST)

DaltheJigsaw

Marc Fennell investigates how shopping malls are designed to make you buy things..

DaltheJigsaw

DaltheJigsaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3SuC6FcTfnU#at=15

zidangus

Cheers @LeonBasin. this video is so true, I hate going to IKEA, the way they make you walk through the whole massive warehouse of a shop until you can pay for something like a 99 pence vase, makes you wanna SCREAMMMMM !

DaltheJigsaw

Cheers @LeonBasin. this video is so true, I hate going to IKEA, the way they make you walk through the whole massive warehouse of a shop until you can pay for something like a 99 pence vase, makes you wanna SCREAMMMMM !

Welcome! And yea, it's amazing!

tmottes

The whole concept of manipulating other people PR, Marketing, etc is rather fascinating and sick in my mind. Read up on Edward Bernays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

http://tronmarketing.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/pr-and-why-you-eat-bacon-and-eggs/

bravehawk

The art of misdirection and confusion works great in big stores. I know when I worked at Universal Studios, I notices all the rides let out through the back of the store leaving poor parents trying to fish their kids out of the store without buying something(never works FYI).

Mountains

Marc Fennell investigates how shopping malls are designed to make you buy things..

Isn't that the whole point of building shopping malls? And all the more reason not to go into them?