Tag Archives: In-Store Music
Onderzoek: door muziek van Ed Sheeran eet je meer (Marie Claire)
Was jij een van de lucky bastards die een concertkaartje wist te bemachtigen voor Ed Sheeran en heb jij gister van zijn concert mogen genieten in de Ziggo Dome (of ga je vanavond)? Zo niet, dan luister je waarschijnlijk ook vaak genoeg naar zijn muziek want laten we eerlijk zijn: deze man is met zijn album Divide letterlijk overal….
Ed Sheeran fait le bonheur des fast foods! (NRJ)
Ed Sheeran est la star d’une nouvelle étude plutôt délirante. Jouer sa musique aiderait à faire vendre plus de burgers et de frites! Ed Sheeran fait encore et toujours le buzz. Mais cette fois, rien à voir avec les ventes pharaoniques de «÷ (Divide)», son dernier album… Enfin, presque pas. Des chercheurs de la Swedish Retail…
The right music in a restaurant can make you linger for dessert. The wrong kind will make you leave (Quartz)
Restaurants agonize constantly over ways to eke the most money out of their customers. Dimming lights, deploying seasonal menus, and up-selling (more famously known as “Do you want fries with that?”) are all psychological tricks that many employ—and new research suggests there is another potent strategy to add to the mix. Soundtrack Your Brand, a Spotify-backed music-streaming startup, today released a massive…
This is how Ed Sheeran’s songs are being used to sell more chips (The Irish Independent)
The sound of Ed Sheeran’s songs can encourage people to spend more money. Stores use specially curated playlists to trick our brains into spending more money. It’s a well-worn trick that’s been used for decades. Humans acquire the ability to process tempo, the speed at which music is played, early in life and stores know…
Major restaurants installing music systems which make you spend 10pc more (The Telegraph)
Music playing in restaurants can affect whether you decide to order sides or a milkshake, a study has found. Major high street restaurant chains are signing up for a background music service that plays music and subliminally encourages customers to buy nearly 10pc more food and drinks than they would usually…. Source: The Telegraph
Music does not make the tills ring (The Times)
Retailers know that the music they play in-store has a huge effect on business. Source: The Times
Why Listening to Ed Sheeran Could Make You Order Dessert
You already know music profoundly affects your workout. (Anyone who has ever tried running on the treadmill sans headphones can attest to that.) But it turns out your tunes can affect what and how much you eat, too. Researchers at the Swedish Retail Institute teamed up with startup Soundtrack Your Brand (backed by Spotify) to…
Gant: What Does Your Brand Sound Like?
Type of research and hypothesis: An in-store music study examined the difference in sales and the time customers spent in the store when they heard music chosen to fit the brand, random music, and no music at all. Method: Over 600 observations and 200 questionnaire responses revealed that the brand-fit music increased customers’ overall satisfaction with…
McDonald’s: The Impact Of Music In Restaurants
Type of research and hypothesis: An in-store music study examined the effect on sales when playing brand-fit music, random hits, and no music in Swedish restaurant locations.Method: What happens when you analyze 1.8 million purchases across 16 fast-food restaurants over five months? You get rock-solid data. This study analyzed the effects of playing brand-fit music, random…
Filippa K: When Staff Control The In-Store Music
Type of research and hypothesis: An in-store music study examined the effect on sales when employees could change the energy level and volume of songs. Method: Filippa K is a successful Scandinavian clothing retailer with more than 30 stores across Europe and our study involved eight stores and ran for 56 weeks. In four stores, the playlists…
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