The College of the Future, Banned Nativity Scenes, and Plugging Sandy
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
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Many of us are cutting to the chase and simply buying gifts for ourselves this season, according to the market research. 'Tis the season for getting yourself a little something, apparently.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
If Walmart's same-day shipping experiment goes well, the discount retailer could be the go-to place for shoppers' immediate online purchasing needs across the country.
You might say, haven't there always been men's departments? Do not underestimate the power of the new gender-based selling. As Eric Wilson writes in the New York Times, "it would seem that the fight for gender equality has finally come to the place where one might least expect it."
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are apparently planning a wide spread investigation of retail operations in America to make sure your favorite stores are complying with an anti-foreign bribery law. (We realize Wal-Mart probably isn't your favorite store.)
Over at The Atlantic, Derek Thompson has a fascinating feature on the psychology behind consumer pricing, and how retailers take advantage of our overactive emotions and underdeveloped math skills.
Following The New York Times not so successful takedown of Apple's (unfair?) treatment of its retail employees, pro-Apple site 9to5Mac talked with some current and former Apple retail employees, most of whom had nice things to say.
Remember last year when everybody flipped out about how the astoundingly huge holiday sales figures proved that the U.S. economy was leaning into a bullish comeback?
Hope you have a Merry Christmas, America, because you've been extremely naughty at the mall this year.
Amid a lagging economy and high unemployment Black Friday sales were up 6.6 percent from last year, which many are taking as a good sign for today's Cyber Monday mayhem and the rest of the shopping seasons, but those numbers are less optimistic than they sound.
Consumers came out in droves on Black Friday, often with aggressive shopping strategies, to shatter records on the single biggest shopping day ever.
Woman pepper-sprayed crowds during Black Friday in suburban Los Angeles.
America is ringing in the holidays with shootings, scuffles, and pepper spray
The economy isn't getting better, but people are still shopping
Many big-box chains reported sales gains in June
Ron Johnson built Apple's innovative retail empire. Can he beat the odds again?
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