Just watched "Evan Almighty"? Did its environmental message make you want to buy ecologically sound toilet paper?
Bargain hunters and latecomers flocked to stores this weekend as the retail industry made its last big push for pre-Christmas sales with increased discounts and other come-ons.
After what appeared to be a strong start to the 2006 holiday shopping season, the question is whether shoppers will have the same zeal for shopping between now and the end of the season when the discounts may not be as steep.
Dense fog didn't stop shoppers in Michigan from climbing into their minivans and SUVs and heading to stores and malls in search of bargains. No way — not on the day when thousands of other deal-seekers around the nation stormed electronics retailers and discounters in the pre-dawn chill, even as leftover turkey and stuffing cooled in refrigerators.
So you want those sleek pair of black boots worn by supermodel Tyra Banks or the bling bling sported by Paris Hilton? This holiday season, customers can get their chance with a new Web site called Like.com that bills itself as the first visual search engine, allowing consumers to search for items by appearance instead of just text and then purchase similar versions — at all price points — from 200 merchants' Web sites.
Theres no doubt that commerce/business is slowly moving green. It has been compared to the internet with regards to potential, and there is a growing demand by consumers for more environmentally friendly products and services.
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Regardless if we're ready for it, Christmas is quickly approaching. And along with Christmas comes that time for shopping. However, I'm here to tell you how easy it is to shop without dealing with the crowds and traffic that go along with the Christmas season.
I'm an avid online shopper and spend quite a bit of time looking for gadgets and gizmo's online ( anything to avoid visiting a mall) . A classic example would be picking up the new MAC OS X and the iPhone online ( I'm an Apple fan, what can i say ).
One of my seasonal rites is shopping for a new handbag. It's a mystery to me why I have to do this. You'd think a bag would outlast a season. But these things get a lot of wear and tear.
I had been waiting for this. Wonder if others will follow suit.
"Children, especially young girls, are now being bombarded and encouraged by magazines, television, the internet and music videos to imitate the look of celebrities."
Supermarket chain Tesco is launching the trim trolley this week, a trolley designed to help people work out while they shop!
..."She was attacked from behind by what she later learned to be a Hispanic man and woman," ... "They forced her into her car after striking her in the back of her head and took her and her car."
Something strange is happening to retail spaces in America. In increasing numbers, shopping malls are dying. The big boxes that were once a staple of consumer culture are terminally ill, and if nothing is done about it, they could soon become extinct.
Planning on picking up that perfect pumpkin for Halloween? It will cost you more this year. And you might even end up empty-handed.
Here is a special gift for breast cancer awareness month. This site offers a donation for each purchase
I truly hate being left out any new fad. In elementary school I had more pogs then the kid next to me. In middle school I insisted on owning a pair of JNCO, the brand that made them so myself and the kid next to me could fit in them. And of course now, I own an iPhone.
....Cheryll Witz was shopping for a birthday cake at Costco in Tuscon, Ariz. when she received a call on her cell phone from Lee Boyd Malvo, the man serving a life sentence for killing her father in a murder spree five years ago....
Consumer watchdog Which? has advised Britons on buying anything from bird-box cameras to paper dresses, toy wheelbarrows to deodorants. On the eve of its 50th birthday, what's it like behind the scenes at its product testing lab?
Why Shop Alone? Have fun shopping and chatting with your buddies, in real-time.
Eight artists snuck into the depths of Providence Place mall and built a secret studio apartment in which they stayed, on and off, for nearly four years until mall security finally caught their leader last week.
For a hard-pressed mum with a screaming infant, there are few sights more annoying than seeing a childfree driver pulling into the last parent-and-toddler space at the supermarket.
Shopping is a cyclical sport that says now is the season to stock up on wine.
It is early morning and groups of Zimbabwean women and men wrapped in blankets to ward off the chill are slowly waking from a night spent sleeping on the tarmac at a bus depot in Johannesburg, South Africa, waiting for the city's shops to open.
outdoor aromatherapy candles custom made with environmentally friendly materials
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