Low prices are sure to draw in consumers during the ultra-competitive holiday shopping season. But cheap deals are hardly the only strategy being used by stores to woo consumers.
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Just How Often Are Car MPG Claims Inflated?
A recent mini-scandal reveals what many drivers have long suspected: The gas mileage claims listed prominently on the windows of new cars can be overstated. Unfortunately, this may not be an isolated incident.
5 Rules for Re-gifting Without Looking Like a Cheapskate
To re-gift, or not to re-gift? It can be really tempting shave a few bucks off your holiday shopping budget by recycling presents you’ve received — and a substantial majority of Americans now think it’s okay to re-gift. In a
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Is This the Best Way to Curb Your Kid’s Excessive Spending?
A prepaid debit card might help your kid learn a bit of financial prudence.
For Online Shoppers, It’s the Most Wonderful Frustrating Time of the Year
Take a look at the e-commerce sales totals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and it’s clear: Consumers are embracing online shopping like never before.
Worst. Gift. Ever. The 6 Kinds of Presents You Should Never Give
A gift should make the recipient happy — or at least not sad or angry. As the gift-giving season is upon us, it’s a good time to remember that gifts are a powerful form of communication. So what messages are being sent by the holiday gifts you’ve picked out for people?
Like Free Money? Bonuses Abound With Holiday Gift Card Purchases
Why buy gift cards at face value when the holiday season is filled with deals giving 20% bonuses on card purchases?
Sold Out Already? Holiday Season’s Early Hot Sellers
Game consoles and tablets have been flying off the shelves. So have guns.
Cyber Monday Was a Monster — But We Still Love Shopping in Stores
Monday was the biggest day of online shopping in history, and it came on the heels of all-time high e-retail sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Don’t think for a second, however, that any of this means shoppers will be abandoning physical stores anytime soon.
From Now On, Every Day Is Cyber Monday
When Cyber Monday-esque deals of 40% and 50% off sitewide start appearing before Thanksgiving and become commonplace on Black Friday, is there much point to Cyber Monday itself?
Don’t Give Hidden Fees This Holiday Season
The National Retail Federation says more than four in five people will give gift cards this holiday season, and we’ll spend an average of more than $150 each. Gift cards are definitely great — they’re easy to wrap and ship, and …
Why Cyber Monday Sales Will Be Epic
Online specials on par with Cyber Monday have been popping up weeks before actual Cyber Monday, and we’re just coming off of a dramatically expanded Black Friday weekend, which began in full force on Thanksgiving night and …