MWITA-OXO-2026-008 · Evidence A · P1
A 400-millisecond vibration paired with adding an item to a grocery-app basket increased purchased items and net sales per order in a national randomized field experiment.
What this does not establish
Large grocery baskets and one-week exposure do not establish long-run retention, consumer welfare or effects in lower-frequency retail categories.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
The effect did not generalize to business accounts and was stronger among more impulsive consumers, raising manipulation and welfare concerns.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform or model changes, and deployed human or commercial outcomes.
Primary routes
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