4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2013
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment.
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0:00.0 | When a store plays music for the customers, is it just there for background noise, or |
0:08.8 | is it actually intended to have some psychological effects to make them buy more stuff? |
0:15.0 | Retail is big business, so you can bet that big dollars have been invested in determining |
0:20.1 | whether this is a real thing that can work. |
0:23.0 | Today, we're going to reveal all the secrets of Muzatic. |
0:28.1 | It's coming up next, UnSkeptoid. |
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1:23.8 | The Science of Muzac. |
1:27.2 | Whether we're pushing our shopping cart through a retail store or sitting in an office desk |
1:31.2 | laboring for a salary, somebody up there wants us to work harder, spend more money, and |
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