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Skin color matters when consumers sell online

by Amber Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING According to a new Harvard-Yale study, goods held by dark-skinned hands make for tougher and lower sales on eBay. Researchers auctioned off mid-priced baseball cards — half held by white hands, the other by black hands in the sale photo. Cards held by black hands sold for 20% less than […]

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