impulse buys
Unplanned shopping acquisitions
Impulse buys are unplanned purchases made on a whim rather than from deliberation or a shopping list.
Retailers exploit this tendency by placing small items near checkout: candy, magazines, phone chargers.
The term can also work as a verb phrase: I impulse buy when I'm stressed.
An impulse buy often brings brief satisfaction followed by mild regret.
- snacksLight bites between meals
- checkoutPayment completion process
- shopping cartWheeled retail basket
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
- end capsShelving at aisle boundaries
lottery tickets · purchase · overspending · grab-and-go · credit card · cashier · FOMO · limited time offer · energy drinks · vending machines · point of sale · buyer's remorse · guilty pleasure · dopamine · magazines · mini-marts · convenience store · flash sales
- money mistakesoverspending, gambling debt, debt spiral, no savings, late payments
- retailretail sales, Amazon, marketplace, clearance, sale
- shoppingbuying, shopping cart, shop, purchases, sale
- discretionary spendingentertainment, dining out, eating out, vacations, travel
- shopping termsshopping list, discounts, coupons, receipts, checkout line
- spendingspending, shopping, purchases, expenses, bills
impulse buysnecessities
What you cannot lack
needs · staples · must-haves · basic needs · basic goods
impulse buyssavings
Accumulated money kept
restraint · frugality · financial discipline · abstention · self-control
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