Quote, unquote: On the checkout line attention deficit

One of the reasons given for the precipitous fall in newsstand sales is the "mobile blinder", the name given to the habit people now have of using their mobile phone while waiting to pay in the supermarket, where once they would have browsed magazines or picked up some chewing gum.  

"We do find a number of people, if stalled for a minute, will steal a look at their email or news feed," David