71 Episodes

  1. How Costco uses the sunk cost effect to drive repeat purchase

    Published: 3/12/2024
  2. Interview: Tali Sharot, author of The Optimism Bias, on how to create positive consumer expectations

    Published: 2/29/2024
  3. The Super Bowl: why costly signalling makes messages more effective

    Published: 2/27/2024
  4. Interview: Mark Earls, author of Herd, on how to use behavioral economics in business and beyond

    Published: 2/27/2024
  5. Valentine’s Day and why much market research is misleading

    Published: 2/27/2024
  6. Interview: Phill Agnew, host of the Nudge Podcast, on three ways to tap into consumer psychology

    Published: 2/27/2024
  7. New Year's Resolution: The power of a public commitment

    Published: 12/22/2023
  8. How De Beers used anchoring to create perhaps the world’s most successful ad

    Published: 9/28/2023
  9. How Snickers use trigger moments to drive consumption

    Published: 9/28/2023
  10. How ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ achieved success by recognizing ads are a weak force

    Published: 9/28/2023
  11. How UberEats makes picking simpler to scale up sales

    Published: 9/28/2023
  12. How Apple made its benefits more memorable by making them concrete

    Published: 9/28/2023
  13. How The Economist used the generation effect to make their ads memorable

    Published: 9/28/2023
  14. How Got Milk? harnessed loss aversion to win market share

    Published: 9/28/2023
  15. How Blue Apron adds a little friction to boost taste perceptions

    Published: 6/6/2023
  16. How Grey Goose uses price to signal superior quality

    Published: 6/6/2023
  17. How Facebook harnesses uncertain rewards to build a sticky user experience

    Published: 6/6/2023
  18. How political campaigns have applied behavioural science to sway their audience

    Published: 6/6/2023
  19. How Dyson uses the illusion of effort to set expectations of excellence

    Published: 5/30/2023
  20. How KFC used scarcity in a creative way to drum up sales

    Published: 5/17/2023

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The Consumer Behavior Lab is dedicated to teaching marketersacross the United States how behavioral science principles can beapplied to help their brands. By decoding the underlying motivationsof how consumers make decisions, the CBL seeks to make a betterindustry - where both brands and agencies put proven sciencebehind their decision making.