by: Ilya Vedrashko
A funny but short list of tricks retailers apparently employ to make us buy more stuff.
My favorite: "Supermarkets used to have a trick placing slightly smaller tiles on the floor in the more expensive aisles of the shop. When a customer entered one of these aisles their trolley would click faster making them think they were travelling faster and thereby subconsciously slow down and spend more time in that aisle."
Original Post: http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2006/09/list-of-retail-tricks.html