The fact that Aldi doesn't play music in its stores is another quirk that sets this chain apart from others. But why does ...

Loud music encourages consumers to buy red meat. How perfect a metaphor is that for the intrusive nature of music in our grocery stores? It’s literally a red meat issue. Store managers want us to buy ...

Just like elevators, grocery stores are notorious for playing dull music. But as it turns out, there’s actually a reason behind grocery stores’ poor taste in tunes. Matt Gresia, a money and shopping ...

Have you ever been driven out of a store by the loud music playing over the speakers? Sometimes it can be ridiculously loud, and to some people, painful to their sensitive ears. Some of the lyrics can ...

Speakers, like the one above this grocery store checkout aisle, stream oldies designed to influence your shopping habits. Credit: Photo by Jesse Sendejas Jr. If you’re in the grocery store today, ...

For millennials, grocery stores are a microcosm of long-forgotten comfort music. With each trip, we let go of our egos and embrace the healing vibes each soft rock banger, power ballad and pop tune ...

Consumers' attitudes toward the music being played in retail stores vary widely depending on the genre of music as well as the volume, according to recent research from Cloud Cover Music. The report ...

Whether you consider it torture or treasure, blaring Christmas music has become a reliable part of the holiday shopping season. From malls to grocery stores, highly curated playlists are all part of ...