If you are in anything retail, here’s some news you can use most. People have math anxiety, particularly when it’s time to attach a dollar value to a percent off calculation.
As it turns out, people buy more when they see easy-to-process dollar discounts (“$10 off the regular price of $50”) vs. percentage discounts (“20% off”).
Source: HBR, 150913, p. 28.
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