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impulse buying

British  

noun

  1. the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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  • impulse buyer noun

Example Sentences

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Our penchant for shopping on our phones is accelerating our impulse buying.

From The Wall Street Journal

Usually, this is due to impulse buying and upgrades in your lifestyle — a bigger apartment in a nicer neighborhood, or an extra vacation in a ritzy hotel.

From MarketWatch

They want to save more, stop impulse buying, improve their credit and shore up an emergency fund.

From Salon

The tone in the reports isn’t consistent with a company that’s pulling back: One slide notes a rise in impulse buying after the pandemic.

From Seattle Times

The 2024 merchandise volume goal for the U.S. version of TikTok Shop — which melds online entertainment with impulse buying — was discussed in internal meetings in recent weeks and may still change depending on how the business goes, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information.

From Seattle Times