News tagged with holiday shopping
Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 05, 2009 |
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Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.
Holiday shopping off to mildly encouraging start
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After shoppers gave retailers a somewhat encouraging start to the holiday shopping season, stores now turn their attention to the online promotions known as Cyber Monday and bringing back customers ...
Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, to try to maintain the long weekend's strong online sales.
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Black Friday LCD-TV prices down 22 pct, sales up
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A research firm says decisive price cuts are helping sales of LCD flat panel TVs rise after Thanksgiving.
Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Male and female shopping styles are in our genes---and we can look to evolution for the reason. Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, says it's perfectly natural that men often ...
Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.
Toxic chemicals found in a third of children's toys: study
Dec 02, 2009 |
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A third of the most popular children's toys in the United States this year contain harmful chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, a US consumer group said Wednesday.
Will 2010 be the breakout year for e-book readers?
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 03, 2009 |
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When Sheila Effan found a Kindle electronic reader among her gifts last Christmas, one of her first thoughts was whether she would miss the smell and feel of real paper. She got her answer five months later.
Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...
Sony to enter car battery market: Stringer
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Sony Corp. will tap the rechargeable car battery market amid a growing focus on electric cars and green auto technology, chief executive Howard Stringer said Thursday.
Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe
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(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.
Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...
Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...
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