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Retailers offer online discounts because they want consumers to click to shop

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 25, 2018
And companies are getting more than just your money.
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How companies are sizing you up based on your behavior as a customer

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 23, 2018
Companies use your "customer lifetime value score," a secret shopper score of sorts, to determine how to treat you.
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The Marketplace Quiz

And for her next act, dinosaur psychologist

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Jun 29, 2018
Host Lizzie O'Leary wraps things up by taking the Marketplace Quiz.
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Purchasing items on Pinterest is now a pin away

by Molly Wood
Jun 2, 2015
The company is partnering with retailers like Macy's for the mobile app feature.
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Final Note

Amazon's Echo lets you order something by saying it out loud

by Kai Ryssdal
May 18, 2015
Amazon's speaker system allows users to purchase items through voice commands.
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I'm the proud owner of a BMW

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 27, 2012
Author/comedian Michael Ian Black on the highs and lows of luxury car ownership.
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