The Puffery Plan: How Cosmetic Advertising Tricks Your Brain

By admin | February 7, 2010

Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog

We often use the phrase “puffery” to describe some of the claims made by cosmetic companies.  To help understand what we mean by that term, we’ve found an excellent reference from the Journal of Consumer Research. (Via ScienceDaily)
Puffery claims explained
Authors Alison Jing Xu and Robert S. Wyer, Jr. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [...]Thumbnail image for The Puffery Plan: How Cosmetic Advertising Tricks Your Brain

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