Why ‘charming’ matters: Study reveals the power of puffery on consumer behavior
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Big brands have built empires on slogans, declaring themselves the best among their competitors. These claims—glowing, subjective and impossible to verify—fall under what marketers call puffery. For decades, they’ve been treated as harmless fluff, waved through the court system on the assumption that consumers tune them out.