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How stores use music to control your shopping pace

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You are basically just a lab rat navigating a commercial maze. Supermarkets play slow, dreadful easy-listening music specifically to drop your heart rate and drastically slow your walking pace, forcing you to stare at more end-cap displays. If they play fast music, it is right at closing time to induce a panic-buy and physically herd you out the front doors.

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How stores use music to control your shopping pace
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