Highlights – March 2017

A well-informed consumer is said to be a wise consumer.  Today, thanks to the proliferation of websites, online forums, apps, and other digital platforms which offer information about retail products and services, shoppers have ever greater opportunities to arm themselves with data.

But, buyer beware!

According to a new study by a team of Johns Hopkins University researchers published in the Journal of Management Information Systems, third-party “infomediary” websites, which aim to inform the public about products, some.....