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A mom admits to buying Zhu Zhu Pets strictly because of the hype—and then launching a marketing campaign on her kids to convince them that they actually want the darn robotic hamsters.
A Washington Post writer comes clean. While in an aisle with her kids, she asks if they want the impossible-to-find Zhu Zhu Pets staring at them from the shelf. They say no. She buys them anyway.
Perhaps the Zhu Zhu craze really is a disease, a “viral infection,” if you will.
A frantic search for safe, guaranteed monthly income in retirement is leading government and big employers to make their 401(k) plans look a lot more like a traditional pension. But you will still have to self fund
Daily deal giant Groupon is known for its peculiar sense of humor. There was the time the site “bought” April Fool’s Day. The introduction of marketing gimmicks like the creepy virtual discount wheel called “Clicky” can only be attributed to some offbeat sense of what’s amusing. And of course, from the beginning, subscribers have been reading Groupon’s trademark absurdist, careful-not-to-offend descriptions for deals arriving in their in-boxes. The fact that there’s a network sitcom in the works featuring Groupon is apparently no joke, however.
