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Menstrual cycle influences consumer behavior

Does a woman's menstrual cycle influence her spending behaviours? A study by Gad Saad and Eric Stenstrom shows it does.
Does a woman's menstrual cycle influence her spending behaviours? A study by Gad Saad and Eric Stenstrom shows it does.

Gad Saad, a professor in the Department of Marketing in The John Molson School of Business, and his doctoral student Eric Stenstrom, co-authored a study showing that women’s menstrual cycles affect their consumer behaviors: 7 sur 7The Daily ObserverMaclean’s, Radio-Canada International, The Huffington PostTVA NouvellesToronto SunNiagara AdvanceBrantford ExpositorClinton News RecordNappanee GuideSea Forth Huron ExpositorPeterborough ExaminerSt. Catherine’s StandardMinden TimesNorthumberland TodayWelland TribuneNiagara Falls ReviewPsychOrgAmhermstburg Echoe! Science NewsSt-Thomas Times JournalWoodstock Sentinel ReviewCanoe FRCanoe EN24Hours VancouverMidland Free PressCollingwood Entreprise BulletinCanadian Health Reference GuideLucknow SentinelOwen Sound Sun TimesMaxi SciencesLakeshore AdvanceStrathoy Age DispatchParis Star, Toronto Telegraph, Metro News Canada, Yahoo, Vulgariz, Agence Science-Presse and Medical News Today and in several foreign language publications. Saad was also on NewsTalk 1010’s The Jim Richards Show on July 13 and discussed his book The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal about Human Nature.

Coverage also appears on Newsday, Doctors Lounge, Drugs.com, Womenshealth.gov, Medical Xpress, Health 24, Medbroadcast, Yahoo News, iVillage, Philadelphia Inquirer, Health.com, The Winnipeg Free Press, Medline PlusKSTPMedicine NetThe CWMedical Daily, Chatelaine, KTRE, KSTC 45, APP, iVillage, Visalia Times-Delta, Radio-Canada International’s The Link and NBC.


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