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Wants vs Needs — A Business Update

In consumer marketing, companies have long capitalized on people’s willingness to stretch their definition of wants into the need category.  We have lots of vernacular to show us that that this sort of thinking is widespread: “eat dessert first” “you deserve a break today” “retail therapy” “spoil yourself” “I need 500 cable channels to get […]

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