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’Tis the season to avoid impulse buys

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Pixgeneric / generic picture of Shoppers at Takashimaya on 17 December 2022. The story is looking at shopping during Christmas .

The involvement theory groups most holiday gifts as low-involvement products, making one more susceptible to impulse buying.

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SINGAPORE - As someone who made a promise not to buy anything unnecessary in November, I did not do well during the recent Black Friday sales.

You see, I busted my shopping budget for sheep in November.

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