How to Sell an ‘Ugly’ Vegetable? Give it Googly Eyes.

September 12, 2024 Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist

An associate professor at Bryant University, Kim is the lead author of a recently published study in the journal Psychology & Marketing that found that when googly eyes are placed on pictures of irregular-appearing vegetables, or human names are used to describe misshapen fruits, consumers are more inclined to buy “ugly” produce.