In these games played by marketers and retailers, you’re the puppet, and the puppeteers are artfully, stealthily steering your hand into your wallet where the credit card rests, waiting to be swiped.
“Middle class used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the time they first started work on through retirement and until their deaths, no longer. Now, to be middle class is to worry, is to be insecure, is to face much increased [...]
Print this coupon and bring it in to a Jamba Juice location to get a free smoothie when you buy one at regular price. Valid through September 22.
OK, not exactly. But there’s something wonderfully Domino’s Pizza-ish about the new rules—and fines if a technician doesn’t show up on time—for cable companies operating in New York City.
A little while ago, it was user-review specialist Yelp encroaching on Groupon’s turf with its test move selling coupons for a single day that grant special discounts at local businesses. Now, old-school coupon veteran Valpak—you know, the business that mails those blue envelopes filled with coupons for local businesses—is entering the daily deal market, promising [...]
Use the coupon code FRIENDS10 (thanks dealnews) to get 30% off purchases made by September 20 at Timberland.com. For the biggest discounts, use the code for added savings on items already marked down by as much as 60%.
Sometimes, news and notable trends aren’t entirely good or altogether bad. They’re a bit of both. For example, should we be happy that unemployed support groups are flourishing online? I suppose we should—though we’d all be happier if there was no reason for such groups to exist.
In a study of 28 communities around the country comparing the net costs of owning versus renting between 1978 and 2009, more often than not renting was the better financial choice.
During Famous Footwear’s current sale, when you buy one pair of shoes, sneakers, boots, or sandals, you can get a second pair of equal or lesser value at half price.
Designers and retailers are realizing that “aspirational” shoppers—who used to swipe their credit cards and pile on the debt to purchase whatever was trendy, and who might otherwise be known as wannabes—just aren’t buying like they were during the boom consumer times of a few years ago. These days, when shoppers are inclined to make [...]
