THE CONSUMER MIND IN RETAIL: How Invisible Decisions Drive the Market - Softcover

Pimenta, Pedro

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798198935297

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Most purchasing decisions happen in less than fifteen seconds. No conscious reasoning. No rational comparison. The consumer is standing in front of the shelf — and has already decided before realizing they were deciding.

The Consumer Mind in Retail reveals the invisible architecture governing those decisions: what happens behind every shelf, every counter, and every negotiation that appears straightforward but carries a quiet, profound complexity.

Drawing on years of hands-on experience in consumer markets — across product launches, buyer negotiations, and point-of-sale strategy — Pedro Pimenta translates consumer behavior, neuromarketing, and competitive intelligence into real stories, concrete characters, and lessons you recognize because you have already lived them.

You will understand why a good product doesn't sell — visibility sells. Why discounting doesn't build a brand, it only funds survival. Why the point of sale is not a democracy: it protects whoever is already inside and ignores whoever arrives without the right structure. And why execution is not a detail — it is the difference between building something that lasts and simply existing.

The book is divided into three parts: The Invisible System, which shows how retail truly operates beneath the surface; The Invisible Decision, which reveals what happens inside the consumer's mind in the moments leading up to a purchase; and Execution Is Power, which translates all of it into practical action and sustainable results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798198935297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120