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.
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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 …
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 Worst Christmas Gifts of All Time
Just when you thought it was safe—fun even—to receive holiday gifts, it’s time for another roundup of contenders for the crown no one wants.
The Ridiculous ‘Exclusive’ Gift Consumers Are Clamoring to Buy
Today only, you have the chance to pay $50 for the privilege of spending another $400 at Starbucks. But only if you act fast!
The American Consumer’s Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition? Complaining
Amid much grumbling about consumerism and chaos taking over the once sacred Thanksgiving holiday, various voices are calling for an end to Thanksgiving store hours, Black Friday, Cyber Monday — and even Thanksgiving itself.
Epic Thanksgiving–Black Friday Shopping Weekend: The Essential Guide
Where are the best deals to be found? What’s necessary to snag the hottest doorbusters and freebies? Which deals are truly deals, and which are just hype?
Black Friday and Bad Weather: Shoppers May Be Delayed, but Not Denied
For the past few weeks, retailers have been blamed for ruining Thanksgiving by opening their doors to shoppers on what is traditionally a quiet family holiday. But now it looks like another force, dubbed Boreas, could ruin Turkey …
Worst Restaurant Customers Ever Use Religion, Racism as Excuses for Not Tipping Waiters
It’s one thing to be too cheap to leave a tip at a restaurant. It’s another to justify your cheapness by telling your waitress—via a cowardly message scrawled on the receipt—that you disagree with her “lifestyle.”
Wedding Rings for Football Tickets: A Surprisingly Romantic Trade Has Been Made
One woman in Kansas City makes the case for being the world’s biggest Chiefs fan by swapping a pair of diamond wedding rings for some tickets to upcoming games.
‘Tis the Season to Beg, Pressure, and Guilt Retailers to Stop Ruining the Season
In what’s become an annual holiday tradition, Americans are organizing protests and petitions to try and stop retailers from ruining the holidays.
How to Ruin Thanksgiving, an Hour-by-Hour Guide for Shoppers
This year, in a shortened, especially desperate season for retailers, stores are giving shoppers reason to desert their families on Thanksgiving before dessert is served.