As in most years, cheap prices and free shipping are key factors in getting consumers to bite when browsing online. But this holiday season, the hot trend among those pushing the envelope in e-commerce is shipping that’s not only …
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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?
How to Snag Totally Free Two-Day Shipping Indefinitely
Online shoppers love free shipping. And they love fast free shipping even more. Now, there’s an easy way to get just that: free two-day shipping on most purchases, with no membership fees or minimum buy requirements involved.
5 Signs This Holiday Season Is the Most Competitive, Desperate Ever
When a store opens at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning to kick off a 41-hour shopping marathon, it sniffs of desperation. That’s just one indication retailers are now engrossed in a desperately competitive holiday period.
Simple Secret to America’s Most Loved Companies
There’s nothing complicated about the results of a new study: Consumers prefer brands featuring products, services, pricing, and other policies that they can actually understand.
Better Add Extra Box of Printer Paper to Your Cart, Because Amazon Just Made It Harder to Get Free Shipping
On Monday, Amazon very quietly made a policy change, pushing the minimum requirement for free standard shipping from $25 to $35. The tweak is likely to cause some shoppers to think twice about placing orders at Amazon. But …
Jeff Bezos’ Biological Father Didn’t Know His Son Was a Billionaire
The 69-year-old man had no idea who his son was when the Amazon CEO’s biographer found him at an Arizona bike shop
The Grocery Store May Be on Its Death Bed
So-called ‘click and collect’ may be the future of shopping for groceries
Free Shipping Wars Already Heating Up in Battle for Online Holiday Shoppers
It’s Target Versus Amazon in the Battle for Moms
Target wants its moms back. This week, Target rolled out a new diaper-delivery plan and a family friendly on-demand video streaming option. Both services are aimed at wooing moms—in particular, moms who might otherwise give
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Amazon’s Hiring Spree Shows Difficulties for American Middle Class
New jobs like those found in Amazon fulfillment centers aren’t an antidote to the weak recovery; they are a symptom of it
Stream Movies for Free – With a Library Card (But Don’t Cancel Netflix Just Yet)
By the end of the year, patrons of 100 library systems around the U.S. are expected to be able to stream thousands of videos for free. Music albums and ebooks too, with no waitlists to worry about.