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‘Buy it when you see it.’ Retailers dread holiday shortages

NEW YORK – The Perfect Pigg, a gift shop owned by Ginger Pigg, is the go-to place for residents of Cumming, Georgia, to pick up gift items such as kids toys and home goods. But this year, s...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

10 ads to watch for on Super Bowl Sunday

NEW YORK – This year’s Super Bowl won’t be a politics-free zone, as both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will air campaign ads during the game....

DATE: Feb 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Amazon’s Cyber Monday shoppers ordered 23M items from sellers

NEW YORK – Amazon’s sellers had a strong Cyber Monday. The largest U.S. retailer said Tuesday that customers ordered more than 23 million items from its sellers on Cyber Monday, t...

DATE: Jan 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Cyber Monday sales losing some luster

NEW YORK – Retailers are rolling out online deals on so-called “Cyber Monday.” But now that shoppers are online all the time anyway, the 10-year-old shopping holiday is losing some of its lu...

DATE: Nov 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shoppers look to dialing up sales

Smartphones overtake PCs as most popular way to shop

DATE: Nov 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Down to the wire for online shopping

FedEx, UPS say holiday operations are on time

DATE: Dec 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Retail skirmish blocks Apple Pay at checkout

Will retailers settle on one method?

DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Not so fast, cable cord cutters

Turns out buying only channels you want isn’t as cheap as you thought

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Will digital wallet kill card swipe?

Storage security one of several issues unresolved

DATE: Sep 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

What you need to know about Facebook’s app

Here are the privacy myths, realities for Messenger

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Zillow buying Trulia to make real estate titan

NEW YORK – Real estate website operator Zillow is buying rival Trulia in a $3.5 billion deal that would make the biggest player in the online real estate market. Zillow would also...

DATE: Aug 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

What the future shopping may be

Holograms, 3D printing are options

DATE: May 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business