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music and the perception of time

in medical …
Stratton (1992) demonstrated that ambient music played in a waiting room caused people to evaluate the passage of time in the clinic as less long than they did when no music was played.

in retail…
On the West Coast, a chain of groceries changed the genre of music played in the stores during the day in order to relieve the stress of the customers and to make their experience more agreeable. They also realized some positive effects on employee satisfaction.

in shopping malls...
The Ivanhoe Group CDP, a real-estate agency in Montreal, ordered a study in 1999 that proved that slower music caused consumers in their shopping malls to linger longer, and pay more attention to items on sale and advertising material.

in food service…
The results of another study by Millman in 1986. In a restaurant that played rapid tempo music, customers spent an average of 45 minutes at their table, while they spent an average of 56 minutes with the same music, but played at a slower tempo. Clients consumed more drinks $30.50) under the slow tempo music than they did under the rapid ($21.60)..

Another experiment demonstrated that the maximum price customers were prepared to pay in a restaurant could be increased 15% when relaxing music was played, but climbed to more than 27% more when jazz was chosen!

These extracts were taken from "Workshop Marketing and Management", Céline Jacob, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and from "Imagine your business without music!" by SOCAN.