If you want to find the best deals and sale items, it’s wise to head directly to the back of the store and work your way up to the front.

Research shows that most people go to the right when they enter a store, so stuff with the best profit margins is usually placed there. Likewise, anything in a special display of any sort is not there because they’re trying to do you a solid and make it easier for you to get the item, it’s because it has a better margin. Nothing untoward about, just something to be aware of.

So then, to snag some savings, “…start your shopping at the back of the store and work your way to the front,” writes Investopedia. “You may find something similar to the higher priced goods that caught your eye at the front of the store for a lower price,”

Sneaky Strategies That Fuel Overspending [Investopedia]

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