Global toy giant considers 3D printing as a strategy in the digital toy age
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Everything Is Awesome If You’re Lego: Toy Company Can Do No Wrong
How good of a run has Lego been on in recent years?
New App Lets You ‘Assassinate’ People in Real Life
Want to play James Bond at your house, in your office, or on the subway? Now there’s an app for that too.
Startup The Dustcloud has developed a new spy game of the same name that allows players to turn any location into a
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10 Big Consumer Trends from the 2013 Holiday Shopping Season
These Are the 20 Retailers Still Offering Free (or Cheap) Shipping Guaranteed for Christmas
Attention last-minute shoppers: There’s still time—but not a whole lot!—to make online purchases that qualify for free (or discounted) shipping, and yes, the goods should arrive in time for them to be placed under the tree on …
‘After Christmas’ Sales Arrive Extra Early This Year — Like Now, Basically
It’s just like how retailers messed with the timing of Black Friday sales
Check Out the Holiday Season’s Most Loathed Kids Gifts
The Fisher-Price baby bouncy seat with an iPad holder just above the little tyke’s face is one of several kids products coming under fire from parents and consumer groups this holiday season.
Stores Are Going to Be Open Crazy Long Hours This Year
Like usual, kids can’t wait for Christmas to arrive this year. But there’s another group that is perhaps even more eager for Christmas to get here: retail employees working multiple overnight shifts at stores trying to woo …
Man Cut $20,000 Check for Other People’s Layaway Gifts at Walmart
And other ‘angels’ are doing the same
There’s a Good Reason Not to Give Your Loved Ones Special Gifts This Year
Around the holidays, the thoughtful gift giver understandably wants to find something unique for each person on his or her list. Consumer researchers say you probably shouldn’t bother.
The Case Against Wild, Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Sprees
Thus far, it’s been a fairly meh holiday season for retailers, with extraordinarily price-sensitive consumers holding off on making purchases unless an amazing deal is staring them in the face.
Why the Next Three Weeks Will Be a Bargain Shopper’s Dream
After a lackluster Black Friday weekend at the mall, there is extra pressure on retailers to goose sales during the particularly brief and intense period before Christmas 2013.