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Glyde: An eBay that’s ‘Easy Enough for My Mom to Use’
Simon Rothman, a former eBay executive, discusses his new venture called Glyde. It’s an online marketplace that aims to make life easy for buyers and sellers alike by automatically formatting listings and setting prices. Sellers don’t have to upload images, and they’re even given pre-stamped, pre-addressed packages, so that all they have …
Two-thirds of Folks Who Received Stimulus Checks Never Spent Them
Remember the 2008 stimulus checks that President Bush OK’d, hoping the recipients would spend the money and give the economy a boost? Most people just put the money in the bank.
Attention Consumers: You Are Being Profiled
To some extent, the “new frugality” of consumers seems like it is here to stay. That doesn’t bode well for businesses that rely on the liberal spending of disposable income, or for the economy as a whole. So, in the hopes of getting Americans back in the buying mood, researchers and marketers are donning their lab coats to examine this …
Explaining the Fed
So I was out for the past couple of days and missed the big news about Ben Bernanke being named TIME’s Person of the Year. Then again, I had already used my keen deductive abilities to figure out that Bernanke was going to be named TIME’s Person of the Year. I’d known for a while that my colleague Michael Grunwald was working on a …
It’s a Deal: Extra 30% Off at Crocs Outlet
Sandals, shoes, and clogs that are already discounted by as much as 50% off retail in the Crocs Outlet site are now being offered for an additional 30% off. Flip-flops once sold for $25 or $30 are available for $9.99.
Last Call for Free Shipping That’ll Arrive by Christmas. Plus: A Bonus from Sears
Thursday, December 17, is Free Shipping Day, when hundreds of retailers (722 at last check) are offering free shipping for online purchases. And there’s also something that’s “better than free shipping.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Garrison Keillor
“The most wonderful Christmas of my life was 1997, a quiet day with no gifts and no tree, waiting in a New York apartment for my daughter to be born.”
You Need to Save. But Collectively, We Need to Spend
Does anyone see a conflict here?
Retail Return Policy Watch: It’s Not All Bad News
You know that very soon, you’re going to be giving or getting a holiday gift that really should be returned. Whether you’ll actually be able to do so depends on where it was bought, and how quickly you act.
A tale of many inflations
New numbers out today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show consumer prices unchanged from last month. At least that’s the case for the core measure of inflation, which strips out food and energy prices since they’re so volatile. If you add those in, which you might want to do if you are thinking about this from the viewpoint of an …
When Credit Card Rates Hit the Roof, It’s Time to Bust Out the Scissors
Survey results released this week say that 39% of consumers who had the terms of their credit cards changed either stopped using the card or cancelled the account entirely.