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What’s Next for Groupon?

March 14, 2013

In 2008, Andrew Mason pioneered a new trend in local commerce that begot one of the fastest growing companies in internet history. A mere five years later, Mason is out of a job and his [...]

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How Does the Office Depot/OfficeMax Merger Affect Consumers?

February 26, 2013

Last week’s announcement that two retail giants will soon become one has shed light on the dramatic changes in the retail landscape over the past two decades. On Wednesday, Office Depot announced that it would [...]

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Fitness Tech and Health Tracking Tools To Keep You Active

January 22, 2013

The annual Consumer Electronics Show has always been a hotbed of new ideas that utilize the latest technology to make our lives easier. Rather than robots designed to fetch things for the couch-sitting bum, however, [...]

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Walmart’s Role in the Gun Control Debate

January 16, 2013

Sam Walton probably never expected his mega retail brainchild to be in the middle of a raging American gun control controversy when he opened his first store in 1962, but that is exactly where Walmart [...]

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Consumer Confidence: Cautionary Spending Increases But Challenges Ahead

January 16, 2013

During the recent holiday retail season, the topic of consumer spending received added attention. While consumer spending continues to make up a large proportion of the U.S. economy, the uneven road to recovery from the [...]

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Same Day Shipping: Holiday Beta Testing and an Unclear Future

January 9, 2013

Same-day shipping became the latest weapon in the battle of major online retailers this past holiday season, with eBay and Walmart becoming the most recent e-commerce companies to step into the instant consumer gratification game. [...]

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The Google Shopping Search Tool: The Good, the Bad and the “Scroogling” for Consumers and Retailers

December 18, 2012

Google unveiled a revamped shopping service, Google Shopping, in the fall that ranks product listings in part by the amount vendors bid for them to be listed. This recent change to increase revenue seems to [...]

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Playing with Prices: What’s Behind Fluctuating 2012 Christmas Toy Costs?

December 6, 2012

The holiday search for the elusive “perfect toy” is on, but what about the search for the perfect price? Toy prices can be volatile during the holiday shopping season with high demand for the hottest [...]

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How Will Facebook’s E-Commerce Push Affect Retail?

November 1, 2012

Facebook has recently developed two new e-commerce strategies to connect retailers and consumers over the incredibly powerful Facebook social network. The first, Facebook Gifts, launched at the end of September and is a revival of [...]

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How Will Apple’s Passbook Affect Couponing?

October 3, 2012

On September 19th, Apple released its new operating system, iOS 6, which came loaded with new features. One of the most exciting developments for deal-hungry consumers is the Passbook app, which stores all of your [...]

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