Target started selling Amazon‘s line of Kindle e-readers two years ago. Head over to Target.com now, though, and you’ll discover a wide assortment of e-readers, but not a single Amazon Kindle for sale. Kindles are being taken off the shelves at Target’s nearly 1,800 stores as well, as the retailers’ battles over “showrooming” and brand alliances heat up.
Apple fans can be a little crazy in their devotion to anything with an “i” tacked onto the front of it, but a new survey shows just how far that cult-like following stretches: Nearly half of people who use Apple devices would be willing to trust the computer giant with their savings.
It happens all the time: You buy an item at one price, and then see others buy the same item a little later on for a much cheaper price. This is standard practice nowadays, but it still gets customers angry. How angry? A new study demonstrates the “boycott effect,” in which consumers who pay full [...]
Why is it that some consumers are constantly driven to possess the newest and hottest gadgets? The lure of the new applies to consumers with a particular personality style.
Gadget lovers and Apple worshippers the world over are giddy about the prospect of a new iPad, the specifics of which will be announced today. Apple, of course, will also come out as a big winner if—excuse me, when—it sells tons of iPads, along with apps, e-books, accessories, and more. But the group that should [...]
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 [...]
Apple debuted the holy grail of textbooks on Thursday in New York City. The books are undeniably cool: they will integrate videos, photos and interactive graphics, make taking notes a breeze and be easy to navigate — all features that will undoubtedly make Apple’s textbooks more enjoyable and engaging to students than the current dead tree versions. [...]
Updated: Thursday, 3:35 p.m. AT&T just announced that new data plans for smartphones and tablets will “give customers more data and value.” That’s true, technically. It’s also true that when the new data plan pricing system takes effect starting this Sunday, wireless bills for new AT&T customers will cost more.
Here are five consumer items that will get cheaper and five that will get more expensive as the new year wears on
Bookstores seem to be doing surprisingly well this year, but those sales might not be sustainable.
This year’s “it” gift for the holidays seems to the tablet. Apple’s iPad has remained in strong demand from the get-go, and the rest of the tablet and e-reader market has gotten hot because so many affordable options have hit the marketplace. Another reason tablets are hot: They appeal to all age groups, even kids.
