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[www.TopS] 雅思阅读实战16篇（附答案） ★How to increase sales Published online: Nov 9th 2006 From The Economist print edition How shops can exploit peoples herd mentality to increase sales 1. A TRIP to the supermarket may not seem like an exercise in psychological warfare—but it is. Shopkeepers know that filling a store with the aroma of freshly baked bread makes people feel hungry and persuades them to buy more food than they had intended. Stocking the most expensive products at eye level makes them sell faster than cheaper but less visible competitors. Now researchers are investigating how “swarm int