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Battle of the Books: Scroogenomics vs. Shoptimism

The holiday shopping season is already upon us, and just in time for the rush are two books centered on consumerism. With our purse strings at stake, we pit the reads against each other.READ»

Black Friday: Best Day to Buy Your new Miami Honda Car

Black Friday is typically one of the busiest days in retail store history. Many people go shopping for clothes, electronics, and toys to find the greatest deals and steals of the year. Now you can find new vehicles on Black Friday for ...READ»

Forget Bloomies. Use Augmented Reality to Clothes-Shop from Your Computer

We mentioned Zugara's neat augmented reality clothes shopping experiment before--noting how cool it could make online shopping by letting you try out virtual clothes. Well, it's an experiment no more: Online fashion store Tobi has ...READ»

SightUnseen: Lifestyles of the Young and Designy

A new design blog provides an all-access pass to the lives of designers.READ»

SVPPLY: High-Style Shopping, Curated by the Crowd

The new site works like Ffffound, the well-loved visual resource--except for productsREAD»

Li Ning and Ziba Design Want to Build China’s First Truly Global Brand

You may think you've never heard of Li Ning. But assuming you were one of the 4 billion or so people watching the opening ceremony of last year's Beijing Olympics, you've seen him.READ»

Great Info For Buying a Handbag

My wife has been thinking that she wanted to get a new handbag. In this case I went online to do a little research for her. I found a great site on designer handbags that had all kinds of information on the history of each brand. ...READ»

Amazon's Android App Reads Barcodes Too

Amazon released its Android shopping app with a little dose of that augmented reality goodness we've been talking about: Real-world barcode and CD/DVD cover recognition. It's a question of clicking the shutter, then clicking ...READ»

Five To-Die-For Augmented Reality Shopping Apps

Change how you buy--and how you find the places you shop with an emerging array of programs that will remake everything from roaming the mall to impulse buying.READ»

MIT's Bokode: A Tiny Barcode Replacement That's Chockablock With Data

MIT scientists have devised a new coding standard that can be read from digital cameras, and will be used in everything from augmented reality to motion capture.READ»

Dorm-in-a-Box: Designing a Better--And Cheaper--College Prep Experience

Everyone knows that buying in bulk saves you cash; a new company does that for your college-bound kid, providing a $850 discount.READ»

Day and Night: How Le Laboratoire Survives the Recession With Two Different Businesses

A new space in Paris has duel functionality, thanks to a retractable display-case system.READ»

Benefits of Shopping Online for your New Honda Car in Miami

With all the new technological advancements on the web, companies have found it easier to advertise and retain new and old customers online. The percentage of household Internet users has gone up since the year 2000. This means ...READ»

All of Your Adult Fun in One Place

Over 1600 items on sale, boy what a choice, READ»

Are Fair-Trade Goods Recession Proof? Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and Cadbury Hope So

Global economic crisis. Financial collapse. The current climate. Whatever term you want to use to describe our present state of affairs, I've heard it in the halls and meeting rooms at the Skoll World Forum on Social ...READ»

Big Stretch

Lululemon isn't the only niche retailer trying to break out.READ»

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Think Retail

Jill Lajdziak thinks this recession is her best-ever moment to innovate. Not coincidentally she also thinks retail is a critical point-of-difference for her born-again brand, Saturn.READ»

Microsoft Stores

Imagine if you opened a store where selling stuff wasn't the main idea. What would be the point of that? That's the challenge -- and opportunity -- facing David Porter, the former Wal-Mart executive just hired by Microsoft to figure out what a Microsoft "store" should be.READ»

Buying a House in Today's Market

Where do you start? My wife and I went to open houses this weekend and are really excited about purchasing a home. Every realtor was all over us trying to get our business. All I want is an honest person. It seems like it is getting ...READ»

Heart of Starbucks

Despite the many mistakes that have led to its current troubles, Starbucks still has the capacity to create a sense of community and a purpose larger than just selling coffee.READ»

Five Nights Before Chirstmas

Going green for the holidays? Need a new TV to while away the long winter days? Spread some green digital cheer. No ba hum bug for the signal switch over next year. With this little ditty, you can become quite witty. See Santa's reasons for going green with your TV this holiday season.READ»

Holiday Shoppers Say They're Going Green -- But Are They Really?

This holiday season, more people are thinking about spending more to gift green, but with the economy tanking and unemployment levels at their highest in 15 years, there's likely to be even more of a gap between consumer attitudes and actions ...READ»

Online Shopping

   I will be doing all my holiday shopping online this year. I have done the majority of my shopping online in the past few years, but this year I have decided it will all be this way. Some of the sites I have used are Amazon.com, ...READ»

Saturn v. Uranus

General Motors should re-badge Saturn as "Uranus," with the slogan, "You Bet Uranus." The marketing possibilities are as endless as GM's stupidity.READ»

The Motorola Sparrow: Retail's Handheld Powerhouse

Think of the Motorola Sparrow as an iPhone for retailers. Equipped with a touch-sensitive back panel that keeps the screen free for viewing, the wireless prototype device integrates myriad existing technologies and features into a ...READ»