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From Impulse Buys to Penny-Wise, K-state Research Explores How to Avoid Post-Purchase Regret

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Jisook "April" Park, a Kansas State University doctoral candidate in psychology, is researching consumer decision-making strategies and trying to understand the causes and remedies for post-purchase regret.

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