2010 Holiday Retail Hiring and Hours See Slight Rise
It’s something of a tradition for retail companies to hire extra, temporary help over the holiday season to help with the consumer onslaught. While several companies have indeed hired extra temp...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Publishes “Naughty, Nice” Retail Store List
Based on no particular research or data, Consumer Reports has compiled a list of retailers they deem to be “nice” (aka, customer friendly) and “naughty” (aka, unfriendly). Each list consists of ten...
View ArticleForbes “How Americans Spend Money” Shows Recent Shift in Consumer Spending
Forbes has compiled a list of American consumer spending habits from 2009 and compared them to both 2007 and 2008. The result is hardly surprising, and reflects both the state of the economy and...
View ArticleDecember 17th Declared “Free Shipping” Day
To sweeten the holiday season of deals, over 1,000 retailers have joined together to create a single, unified day of free shipping — December 17th, the last day you can conceivably order something and...
View ArticleTop 10 Laptop Deals of the week
With free shipping day just around the corner, the time to get your last minute holiday gifts is here. If a laptop is something you’ve been thinking about, first you might want to check out our laptop...
View ArticleToday is National Regifting Day
Seems like there’s a lot of extra days to celebrate this month, eh? Tomorrow is Free Shipping Day, and today is National Regifting Day. National Regifting Day encourages individuals to pull out those...
View ArticleThis Week In Product Recalls
Recall.gov is an all-inclusive list of recent recalls in many different industries, including Consumer Products. The website allows you to view both recent recalls and search for past recalls based on...
View ArticleNational Retail Federation Changes Holiday Spending Forecast, Is Optimistic
“The start to the holiday season has surpassed all expectations,” said president and CEO Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation. “While employment data is still a concern, we are starting to see...
View ArticleThree Ways to Get Rid of Unwanted Christmas Gifts
(Image: Weliteon Slima) Christmas is over, and hopefully you had an awesome holiday. Radio stations are playing normal songs again, Christmas decorations have disappeared as fast as they appeared, and,...
View Article2010 Imported Retail Cargo Up 17% Over Last Year
After a 28-month decrease, the U.S. has experienced a drastic increase in imported retail cargo – as estimated 17%, to be exact. Though the official numbers aren’t in yet, 9% of this figure was...
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