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When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a
When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a
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2013-11-10
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When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing, they are(1)_____ a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers’ (2)_____ to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are(3)_____ at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise,(4)_____, that a 50% increase in(5)_____ is the same as a 33% discount in price. They(6)_____ assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a(7)_____ pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind(8)_____remains even when the deal(9)_____ favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33%(10)_____ the price. The discount is(11)_____ the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them(12)_____ equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons(13)_____ just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car’s efficiency, for example, it is more(14)_____ to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does,(15)_____ the equivalent percentage fall in fuel(16)_____.
There may be lessons for officials(17)_____ regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily(18)_____. Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question.(19)_____ more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great(20)_____.
(18)
选项
A、persuaded
B、distracted
C、foxed
D、impressed
答案
C
解析
句中even表让步,说明即使是受过良好教育的购物者也会觉得计算折扣和赠品这些困难.fox作动词时,指“欺骗”,符合语义。persuaded“劝说”;distracted“分心”;impressed“印象深刻”。
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