Each time a hot new Apple product appears, it causes a ripple effect in the marketplace, with a flurry of consumers buying, trading, selling, and reselling all versions of the item. The expected introduction of the iPad 3 on March 7 has already caused a mass trade-in of older iPads, and all signs point to a red-hot market for iPads: original, iPad 2, and iPad 3 alike. Haven’t we seen this one before?
The phenomenon of undrafted Harvard grad and previous NBA benchwarmer Jeremy Lin is translating into serious money, as Knicks’ ticket prices soar and stores can’t keep up with demand for Lin jerseys and “Linsanity” merchandise.
Would you buy scalped tickets — to a funeral? Fans who want to bid final respects to legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died on January 22, will have a chance to do so this afternoon at his public memorial service. But the outpouring of grief for JoePa didn’t stop the entrepreneurial spirit of [...]
Drunk dialing, drunk texts, drunk Facebooking … there are many things one shouldn’t do while drunk. Add online shopping to the list.
Without question, Groupon has been a tremendous business success story thus far, inspiring the legions on copycat daily deal sites, along with the previously unheard-of notion that coupons can, in fact, be cool. The latest major force to leap into the field dominated by Groupon and LivingSocial is PayPal, which is expected to start rolling [...]
The days of skirting around having to pay retail sales tax by shopping online may be coming to a close—and Amazon, of all companies, is supporting the effort.
The reality behind the move is that B&N may have no choice but to try something, anything.
Why would a company that’s in the business of selling clothing and outdoor gear tell consumers that they should buy fewer of the products it makes?
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker may be ousted by the company’s board of directors after less than a year on the job and may be replaced – at least on an interim basis — by ex eBay CEO Meg Whitman, according to Bloomberg News
Yesterday morning, Target began selling clothes, accessories, and home furnishings from its new Missoni for Target collection. To say that Target’s collaboration with the Italian fashion house has been a hit is putting it mildly. Many stores were sold out by 9 a.m., and a surge of online shoppers caused Target’s website to crash. Inevitably, [...]
Everyone wants to save money in the kitchen these days, perhaps spurred on by the hit reality show Extreme Coupononing. But how can you save on things likes plates and silverware? Think old school.
