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Modern architecture provides interesting solutions for large commercial buildings projects, that usually come along with a considerable price tag and a tremendous carbon footprint. Boxpark represents a new kind of eco-friendly shopping centers, since it is made entirely of 60 recycled standard-sized containers. It h... |
9 December 2011
10:22 GMT |
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Bing can help users cut down the time spent “trick-or-treating” on search engines looking for inspiration for the best Halloween costume this year.
Microsoft has enlisted the help of celebrity stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn for BingHalloween.com, a destination designed to provide a range of id... |
10 October 2011
07:14 GMT |
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Coming to contradict all previous surveys, studies and polls, a new survey claims that half of women positively hate shopping because they believe clothes makers only target young and skinny girls, it has emerged. Conducted by Mintel, the survey shows that many women have been toning down on impulse buys, while shift... |
7 July 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Upon visiting Intel's booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we've had the chance to take a look at quite a few of the company's latest technologies, including a digital signage/information system designed to offer a very impressive level of interactivity.As you can plainly see from the photo... |
22 February 2011
05:23 GMT |
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Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has just launched an iPhone application which aims to help customers find their closest Winn-Dixie establishment, view the weekly circular and sales for that specific store, and create and manage shopping lists that sync with computers and can be shared with other users, the company officially ... |
3 January 2011
09:55 GMT |
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Everybody loves a good bargain – but no one loves them more than women. Love of bargains combined with love of shopping translates in the average woman in a total of 8 months wandering the shops for good deals in a lifetime, it has emerged. A new survey conducted on 4,000 British women reveals they spent a lot ... |
30 December 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Men and women get along just fine in everyday life but, usually, when it comes to shopping, most men would rather go alone, make their choice in under five minutes and get out.And since Christmas is just around the corner and there are many of you out there, who still haven't found the perfect gift, this new res... |
22 December 2010
05:49 GMT |
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When the global economic downturn began, it changed the way people went about purchasing what they needed. Emphasis was again placed on buying only the necessary things, rather than spending money on useless things. Experts say that will take years to change.In the years leading up to the recession, consumers, especi... |
5 November 2010
06:00 GMT |
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Peapod has announced the availability of PeapodMobile, a mobile application which allows customers to buy their groceries conveniently from their iOS device.The application is free to download for all iOS devices, as well as for Android, and Palm Pre users, and offers Peapod’s most convenient shopping features,... |
13 September 2010
09:56 GMT |
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In our computerized era you would think that e-commerce is killing the traditional commerce and online shopping will be the only way for people to buy, but Caltech researchers say otherwise.They measured how much the way that something was presented influenced the consumer to pay for it, and they started by presentin... |
9 September 2010
10:44 GMT |
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Canada’s largest retailer and etailer of consumer electronics has confirmed the release of, Future Shop Canada, the company’s very own iOS application, now available for free download from the Apple App Store.Via its brand new application, Future Shop is offering customers an intuitive and convenient way ... |
24 August 2010
10:24 GMT |
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If, as you’re sitting by the pool, relaxing on your holiday, or simply working conscientiously ahead of both, you happen to start thinking and worrying about Christmas preparations, fret no more. Stores in the UK, with Selfridges leading the pack, have announced they’re kicking off the Christmas season at... |
21 July 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Innovative in-flight catalog company SkyMall recently announced the launch of SkyMall Mobile for BlackBerry. The new software solution is available for download for free from RIM’s BlackBerry App World store, as well as from the SkyMall Mobile Site, and has been developed in collaboration with Digby, the leade... |
5 May 2010
03:24 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Cornell University has recently made a very weird finding. They have learned that people who shop on a budget, and who need to keep track of every single penny are actually more likely to overspend than those who shop without money restrictions. It is currently estimated that, in the... |
31 March 2010
04:23 GMT |
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Being green might be the thing to do – and the admirable one as well –, but a recent study comes to show that it too comes at a price, which has nothing to do with us being willing to give it a try. Environmentally aware shoppers are more likely to be mean, while also more inclined to steal and cheat, the... |
18 March 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Mountain View-based company Google has just announced the launch of a new feature for those mobile phone users which search on the web for various products they would like to buy, namely “blue dots.” According to the company, the new feature will provide info on whether a searched product is available vi... |
12 March 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Retrevo, a consumer electronics shopping and review site, has issued new reports shedding more light on customer trends, including the most popular iPhone apps today, and the urge of shopping via a mobile device. Trying to answer the question, “Are Consumers Warming Up to Shopping On Their Mobile Phones?,&rdqu... |
23 February 2010
05:43 GMT |
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There is an old stereotype saying that men prefer not asking strangers for directions while driving, even if they are spinning in circles. A new scientific study appears to show that the same thing holds true for when men shop as well, as they are highly unlikely to ask for counsel or opinions from store staff. On th... |
27 January 2010
04:49 GMT |
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Women are known to tell the occasional white lie especially when asked directly about the price of a certain item that they just happen to have purchased. That is to say, for some reason or another, women feel the need to hide their shopping habits from their partners, either by lying about the price or denying a sho... |
4 January 2010
15:31 GMT |
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They say you can’t possibly make a woman not love shoes, and this seems to hold water as regards a recent survey as well, which shows that women rather remember the first pair of shoes they bought with their own money than the guy they shared their first kiss with. Similarly, The Telegraph informs, women a... |
15 December 2009
15:11 GMT |
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As any US resident will tell you, Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. This Friday, Apple is likely to offer discounts on some of its products. The Mac maker has started sending out emails to those subscribed for recei... |
23 November 2009
03:39 GMT |
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It’s mid-November, but stores have already hung up the Christmas lights and a variety of special offers have been made available for eager-beaver shoppers. Nevertheless, chances of anyone actually starting the Christmas preparations this month are slim to none, which is why countless websites have started poppi... |
12 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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It has often been argued that a woman’s best way to cope with stress or any kind of strong and negative emotion is to hit the shops armed with nothing but a credit card and plenty of patience. It’s called the wonders of a little retail therapy and, according to many, it’s guaranteed to boost spirits... |
4 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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SkyMall has announced an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Bearing the company’s name, the SkyMall app is available as a free download via Apple’s iTunes App Store. Featuring the complete SkyMall catalog, the application allows users to browse their way around even without a network connection, a... |
22 October 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Even in recession, women continue to spend their money on trifles and, as studies have shown, make expenses they can’t afford and refuse to keep on a budget. Although it was initially believed this had more to do with their need to spend money to boost their mood, analysts estimate the increased expenditure is ... |
30 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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There still are many who believe that women’s compulsive need to buy something new is the stuff that myths are made of and that all so-called shopaholics wouldn’t have a problem to speak of if they only kept themselves in check. Still, the problem is widespread, even if it doesn’t manifest in all wo... |
24 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Retail therapy is not a myth as we might have believed five or so years ago, since it has been scientifically proven that women (and some men too) take comfort in the act of shopping, because it helps them deal with emotions, being used as some sort of safety net. That is not to say though that shopping doesn’t... |
7 August 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Even if his publicist repeatedly said that there was no “joke” and no “hoax” about Joaquin Phoenix’s decision to quit acting and start a career as a rapper, almost no one believed him. Most fans chose to go with that he was making a mockumentary like British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as... |
7 August 2009
11:40 GMT |
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They say there is nothing – or close to nothing – women know how to do better or enjoy more than shopping. According to a new survey by OnePoll and cited by the Daily Mail, it seems they, whoever that may be, might have been wrong, since it’s not the shopping itself that women enjoy, but rather the... |
22 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Shopaholics are addicts and, as such, when the going gets tough, they turn to the only thing they believe can bring them comfort and some sense of security. Case in point: women in recession spend more money on shopping sprees than they would when they’re not financially strained, the findings of a new survey i... |
22 May 2009
13:21 GMT |
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New research suggests the fact that, although people tend to be attracted by crowds in shopping centers and come in themselves to look around, they are not very likely to buy things that they haven't planned for. In addition, individuals have proven to be less likely to purchase items from very crowded locations... |
21 April 2009
08:51 GMT |
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There are many things that women can blame on “that time of the month,” from uncontrollable cravings to moodiness and depression. However, this is not all that menstruation does each month to millions, as a new study has just linked it to overspending and compulsive shopping. Going out to buy new stuff is... |
30 March 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Economy experts draw attention to the fact that parents who carry their small children to shopping malls with them are very likely to purchase more than they have planned to, as they fall under the “influence” of the little ones, who always ask for something else. This fact, they say, should be remembered... |
19 March 2009
07:46 GMT |
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ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple retail stores, reports that the Mac maker has adopted yet another strategy to speed up the process of making an acquisition in its stores – placing shopping bags under the display tables.“Apple now have a complete purchasi... |
10 February 2009
08:42 GMT |
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Women spend a lot of money, mostly on shopping – this is by now a universal truth and no longer some myth of sorts that men came up with, so as to explain why their credit cards are always missing or their back accounts are on zero. Psychologist Professor Karen Pine and financial adviser Simonne Gnessen have ac... |
26 January 2009
16:21 GMT |
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A new system, developed by TransactionTree, promises to take paper receipts out of circulation, and to replace them with electronic counterparts. For those of you who feel that waiting in line for your printed copy of the receipt takes too long, this is nothing but good news. The company already announced that the sy... |
17 January 2009
05:25 GMT |
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Two people were arrested at a Wal-Mart store in Muncie, Ind., after a police officer who was off-duty saw them cutting a line. He stepped up to them and asked them to move to their place, but the two refused. An altercation followed, and the two ended up in arrest, charged with serious crimes each. However, the two, ... |
14 January 2009
04:59 GMT |
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Researchers learned that the debts, mortgages, loans and mid-life crisis sports cars that many men experience or buy sometime during their lifetime are linked to a hierarchy race, for the best position in the mating game. As it has been for thousand of years, whoever displays the most signs of wealthy living has the ... |
9 December 2008
05:03 GMT |
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Shopping during the Christmas season can be a very difficult and even deadly task, so before you set out make sure that you are armed with a few basic tips on how to minimize the time you spend in the store, or standing in line. The first time-saving thing you can do is to go out and buy the gifts you want as soon a... |
6 December 2008
04:15 GMT |
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On Friday, 34 year-old Jdimytai Damour, an employee at a Wal-Mart store in Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y., was trampled by a large crowd, numbering over 2,000 people, who busted through the glass door and stampeded inside the store, in search of holiday bargains."When they were saying they had to leave, that... |
1 December 2008
19:01 GMT |
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Ever since the problem of “vanity sizing” was first brought to the public attention, it has been considered an interesting topic as it concerns us all, as well as the way we think and feel about how we look. Discussions on the subject, much debated already, have so far led to pointing the finger at the pr... |
26 November 2008
08:06 GMT |
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With the financial crisis wreaking havoc in all areas, most expected the fashion industry to be at least half as affected as other fields. However, the situation is far from that, as a new study performed by British "Grazia" magazine and cited by "The Daily Mail" reveals. Not only are women not about to give up on be... |
12 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Shopping cards are soon to be pushed into oblivion, as the researchers at Barclaycard, a division of Barclays, announce the possibility to replace them with "contactless payment" tech. They claim to have invested a seven-digit sum for the development of this technology, which is said to allow shoppers to use com... |
10 September 2008
10:29 GMT |
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Recent Marshal poll results show that 29% of Internet users buy products of whose existence they find out via spam. The percentage is incredibly large if we don't take into account the fact that the Marshall survey included only 622 respondents, a sample that can hardly be held as sufficient. Moreover, the quest... |
20 August 2008
06:54 GMT |
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What's new on the Britney front? Well, that's a good question. In fact, I'm almost stunned to report that the troubled popwreck actually seems to be doing better these days. OK, that really didn't come out very well. Let's try again. See, when a regular person (and by that I mean one that... |
13 February 2008
06:34 GMT |
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November and December are being known as the busiest months of the year, as lots of people from all over the world go online looking to buy gifts and all kinds of stuff at special prizes. Although everybody was expecting to see huge online spending on Cyber Monday (November 26th), Black Friday (November 23rd) or Than... |
8 January 2008
14:31 GMT |
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A recent survey sponsored by Get Safe Online revealed that 20 percent of the respondents are still afraid to connect to the web for shopping, because of the security threats, "The Register" reported today. The research included approximately 2,000 British adults and showed that one in five Britons were still scared t... |
17 December 2007
08:55 GMT |
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It was a warm morning of May 2014 when I went out shopping with my old 10 Megapixel Nokia cell phone. I took pictures of almost anything I wanted to buy and then headed towards a library to buy "The Masterpiece", a classic novel by mile Zola that I wanted for some time. While photographing the book through the librar... |
17 December 2007
07:29 GMT |
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The Holidays seem to come with the biggest hunger for dough from Google, who's been trying to promote its service for online shopping harder and harder. When Froogle didn't turn out exactly what they wanted it to be, they worked on it and re-branded it "Product Search". Apparently, this is not really appeal... |
17 December 2007
06:51 GMT |
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Black Friday marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, although merchants have launched their special offers and promotions since Thanksgiving. Because of that, the online sellers expected huge sales and profits especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two days that became famous as the busiest shopp... |
10 December 2007
08:10 GMT |
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