What can a pizza shop teach us about the dramatic shifts taking place in consumer marketing? Quite a lot, actually. New research that focused on pizza delivery has found that consumer impatience is now driving so much consumer decision-making that even location, price, and quality can take a back seat. While this study focused on pizza delivery, the study’s findings have ramifications for all business-to-consumer firms.

There are increasing calls for tighter restrictions on social media use, particularly for children and young people but evidence shows potential harms co-exist on platforms alongside opportunities for crisis support and connection.

Researchers at the National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research (NCSR) analysed the views of social media users themselves to find out more and discovered almost 90 per cent of respondents wanted more personal control over what they view.

About the Study: In this randomized clinical trial of 2 virtual culturally grounded interventions for substance use, virtual recruitment and intervention successfully reached urban American Indian or Alaska Native emerging adults with decreased access to resources. Both groups reduced consequences and cannabis use; however, only TACUNA participants reported decreases in quantity of alcohol and cannabis use and time spent around peers using cannabis and heroin and greater decreases in anxiety. These findings emphasize the role of bringing American Indian and Alaska Native emerging adults together to discuss ways to reduce alcohol and other drug use and socially connect with their tribal communities in the urban environment in a virtual setting.