When the Ghermezian brothers, immigrants from Iran who had settled in western Canada, wanted to build the largest shopping center in the United States a quarter-century ago, they shipped a submarine that had been custom-built for them in Vancouver — and was an offbeat attraction at their mall in Edmonton — to Bloomington, Minn., and [...]
In this economy, retailers have to fight for every dollar that consumers are willing to spend. One way to do that, of course, is to offer weekly sales. A great deal, whether it’s on paper towels or the latest seasonal fashions, helps drive traffic through the front door or to a website. The problem is [...]
Americans like stuff. That’s a given. But it turns out that lots and lots of stuff piled onto shelves or stacked in the middle of store aisles can coax a shopper to buy more. After the recessionary years of shedding inventory and clearing store lanes for a cleaner, appealing look, retailers are reversing course and [...]
This holiday season, more than ever before, shoppers are going to stores armed with their … cell phones. Why? That’s where the deals are. Retailers have made a big step into the social media arena. In order to get the best deals, shoppers need to follow their favorite malls, shopping centers and stores on Facebook [...]
Stores feature great bargains as a way to entice shoppers to clean out their stores to make room for spring and summer merchandise, said Daniel Butler of the National Retail Federation. “Also, as people put the ornaments away, they tend to get into spring cleaning mode early and want to freshen the house,” Butler said. [...]
A new generation of mobile-phone software is helping consumers shop smarter this holiday season. Wall Street Journal interviewed, 33-year-old Erik Olson, who was browsing at a Best Buy Co. store last week and picked up a Blu-ray version of the movie “Heat” and used the camera on his Motorola Inc. Droid smart phone to scan [...]
USA Today offers five useful ways to save money on all those tempting gifts this holiday season! 1. Have a plan. Stores and websites are cleverly designed to get you to spend more than you intended. So it’s important to know what you are going to get and spend before you get to the mall [...]
There are a few things you should know about the consumer brain before you head out for your holiday shopping. Smartmoney.com cautions consumers with some valuable advice to take into consideration before you turn into a shopping machine. Look, but Don’t Try On Shopping for a new sweater? A new jacket? A new pair of [...]
This holiday shopping season, retailers are trying to capitalize on the still niche, but poised to boom, market of mobile shoppers. Some 19% of Americans will use their mobile devices for shopping this holiday season, according to a Deloitte survey. The number is twice as high for young consumers: 39% of those 18 to 29 [...]
If you are not going out shopping today, there still are many deals to be found over the course of the next few days- even throughout the entire holiday season! Iteya.com has done all the searching for you and created a list of the 101 best online stores to shop at this holiday season. This [...]
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