SEATTLE — Local researchers think they've zeroed in on a new way to rearrange store products that could boost impulse buying, which is when someone buys something that they didn't plan to in advance.

PULLMAN, Wash. –A data-based method for periodically rearranging products enables retailers to optimize new store layouts based on customer familiarity with where their favorite things used to be. The ...

Supermarket layouts are carefully calibrated to tempt people into impulsive purchases, and now food makers are trying to adapt their strategies as people do more of their shopping online. Part of the ...