=+6.12* Business Application: Retail Industry Lobbying for Daylight Savings Time: In 2005, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to extend daylight savings time earlier into the spring and later into the fall (beginning in 2007). The change was made as part of an Energy Bill, with some claiming that daylight savings time reduces energy use by extending sunlight to later in the day (which means fewer hours of artificial light).

Among the biggest advocates for daylight savings time, however, was the retail and restaurant industry that believes consumers will spend more time shopping and eating in malls for reasons explored here.