Opinion: You spend 41% more at the supermarket if you keep checking your phone - MarketWatch

Opinion: You spend 41% more at the supermarket if you keep checking your phone MarketWatch

THE CONVERSATION By Carl-Philip Ahlbom The more you look at you phone in a bricks-and-mortar store, the more you spend The author, distracted while shopping. Nic Delves-Broughton Are you constantly checking your phone when you’re out and about? Do you have trouble resisting the lure of ever more screen time? If so, be careful when you go grocery shopping, as your phone may be costing you more than you think. A recent study suggests that grocery shoppers who use their phones in the supermarket end up spending, on average, 41% more than those who don’t. This may sound counterintuitive. Previo...