7 Ways That Grocery Stores Entice You to Spend More

"Retailers and manufacturers are putting more dollars into front-line efforts in the stores themselves, says Paco Underhill, founder of Envirosell and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping."

"'If stores do it right, you have fun shopping a clean, bright store and bringing home some interesting things to eat. And if you also want to stick to your budget, it pays to recognize in-store marketing when you see it.

'Do you keep overspending when you hit the supermarket? See if any of these seven marketing strategies might help explain why.'

5 Financial Terms People Use All Wrong

"There's a lot to learn about money."

"'It's not taught in high school," Bob Gavlak [photo, left], CFP and wealth adviser with Strategic Wealth Partners in Columbus, Ohio, told Business Insider. "You get taught about parabolas and Venn diagrams in high school, but you don't get taught about taxes and budgeting and credit cards and mortgages, which would be much more helpful to your long-term personal success."

"And then, he pointed out, we tend not to learn financial literacy in college or at work. When are we supposed to pick it up?"

Barnes & Noble Is Killing Itself

"I’ve been chronicling the slow demise of B&N for years now, watching the company bleed out, drop by drop, until it has become a shell of its former value. B&N was a cultural center in places without cultural centers. It was a stopover on rainy days in New York, Chicago, and Cleveland and it was a place you could go to get your kids’ first books."

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