JCPenney done with ‘no more sales’ strategy
After a substantial loss in first-quarter sales, retailer JCPenney is apparently retiring their "no more sales" strategy, launched back in January. With the punchline for their "fair and square"...
View ArticleMini e-books let readers sample tasty titles
(USA TODAY) — Care for a literary hors d’oeuvre? Mini e-books are being served up this summer as bite-size appetizers for the main course to follow. Thriller maven Tess Gerritsen, whose Rizzoli &...
View ArticleStock up on basics during end-of-summer sales
The end-of-summer sales are in full swing! My favorite part of shopping during August is the great deals you can find on summer clothes—and you still get to wear them for about another month. Don’t...
View ArticleSocial media boon to Black Friday shoppers
(Detroit Free Press) — Mobile devices and social media have changed shopping forever. Not just online shopping, but store shopping, too. Now, you can text, tweet and Facebook what’s on sale -- and...
View ArticleCyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it’s Cyber Monday’s turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed online sales spiked on the...
View ArticleHoliday shopping season off to record start
NEW YORK (AP) — If you make holiday shopping convenient, Americans will come in droves. It’s estimated that U.S. shoppers hit stores and websites at record numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend,...
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