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Amazon no longer offers refunds on anything but TVs
Amazon has quietly ended its price protection policy on all products except for televisions. The change to the company’s policy comes at a time when a handful of startups have launched to help consumers automate the process of requesting refunds when prices change on online sites, including Amazon as well as dozens of other e-commerce stores.
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Amazon will reportedly soon sell its own private-label groceries
Amazon will soon roll out its own private-label brands of common household items like coffee, diapers, and other perishable groceries, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The offerings will consist of perishable goods like baby food, tea, coffee, spices, and non-perishables like laundry detergent. These products will live under brand names like Happy Belly, Wickedly Prime, and Mama Bear.
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Amazon's new Prime Now site offers same-day deliveries on web as well as mobile
Amazon has launched a new dedicated site for its Prime Now same-day delivery service. Primenow.com allows Prime subscribers to order items for one- or two-hour delivery on their web browsers — providing their zip code is covered by the service — where previously they had to use Amazon's mobile app to make orders. Two-hour delivery is free, where one-hour will cost you $7.99, on a range of items that includes cleaning products, perishables, and Amazon's own hardware.
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Bad Music in Public Spaces
If you’re like me, you’ll agree there’s nothing so dispiriting as finding yourself in the lavishly appointed dining room of a luxury resort, flute of Prosecco in hand, about to embark on a nine-course tasting menu—when, from somewhere up on the ceiling, in wafts the opening verse of “Lady in Red.”
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Five great examples of creative commerce
Advances in technology and manufacturing mean that consumers are more empowered than ever.
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Is online shopping better for the environment than going to the store?
The shiny new pair of Bose headphones you bought online just arrived in the mail. You break the seal of a huge corrugated cardboard box and tear through multiple layers of packaging. You immediately feel a pang of guilt. Could your Amazon addiction be bad for the environment? You can rest easy. The carbon emissions linked to that cardboard box, and the freight truck it came in, are far less than that of hopping in your car...
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The Rise of the Non-Book Book
On the high streets of small towns, the success stories are Primark, Greggs, Wilko, Poundland and variety shops like Tiger. Card and gift emporiums are ubiquitous. In this unpropitious climate, Waterstones is holding out with almost 300 shops, recovering – according to the figures – from near failure four years ago. By Alice Spawls. (Apr. 6)
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The Best Time to Buy a Laptop
Nobody wants to buy a new laptop only to see its price drop sharply or a newer model released. Here’s a guide to timing your purchase.
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Sweden opens its first unmanned convenience store
A late-night scramble to buy baby food gave a Swedish man the idea to open the country’s first unmanned convenience store. Robert Ilijason, 39, had to drive 20 minutes to an open grocery store to buy food for his son. Now the town of Viken, Sweden, has its own 24-hour shop for bread, milk and other conveniences. Customers use their cellphones to unlock the door and scan their purchases. They must register for the service and are charged...
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U.S. Duty-Free Limit for Online Shopping Puts Canada in the Shade
Americans are now allowed to spend more than 40 times as much as their northern neighbours without paying duty on products shipped from abroad as a result of a law signed by President Barack Obama last week.
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What’s Next for the American Department Store?
Changing consumer sentiment and over distribution of product has hit the department store model hard in the challenging US market. Can executives win back the magic through a series of ambitious new year initiatives? By Lauren Sherman. (Jan. 3)
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The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
A gallon-sized jar of whole pickles is something to behold. The jar is the size of a small aquarium. The fat green pickles, floating in swampy juice, look reptilian, their shapes exaggerated by the glass. It weighs 12 pounds, too big to carry with one hand. The gallon jar of pickles is a display of abundance and excess; it is entrancing, and also vaguely unsettling. This is the product that Wal-Mart fell in love with: Vlasic's gallon jar of pickles.
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Why 40% Off Doesn't Mean What You Think It Does
There are few things as thrilling as a 60% off sign, particularly when it’s hanging above something you actually want to buy. But the tactics stores use to give you that heady “I just got a bargain!” rush are under siege. Chains from Kohl’s to Nordstrom Rack have been fighting a massive wave of class-action lawsuits in the past few years questioning just how legitimate their discounts really are. Since 2012, consumers have filed at least 35...
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Amazon is offering customers loans — and high street retailers should be worried
Amazon UK is now offering a monthly pay-back option on items worth over £400 ($590), according to the company's website. The service, which is called Amazon Pay Monthly, is in partnership with Hitachi Capital, who also work with John Lewis on a similar scheme. The repayment can be made over two, three, or four year periods, depending on the price of the item — making pricey purchases much more affordable. According to Trusted Reviews, the interest rate is set at 16.9%.
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It really is way more expensive to be a woman
But there's one tiny bright spot this year.
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10 Shiny Dresses for your Office Holiday Party
It's Christmas party season! Are you ready? From sparkly sheaths, full retro skirts, to floral printed goodness, this list has the perfect dress to fit your personal style. Be the belle of the ball with one of these festive frocks.
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Online Coupons, Promo Codes, Discounts & Deals
Get top site-wide savings with free shipping when using online coupons and promo codes for your desired online store, or simply buying our amazing product deals.
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The Buy-One-Give-One Model Might Make You Feel Good, But It Doesn't Make The World Better
Your socially conscious purchasing decisions don't mitigate your place in a destructive global system.
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Apple Watch is 'showing signs of life' among holiday shoppers
The Apple Watch is "showing signs of life" heading into the holiday shopping season, according to channel-checks by FBR Capital Market's analyst Daniel Ives. With Black Friday underway and a continued shopping fervor still ahead, Ives writes in a note to investors this morning that observations at various Apple store as well as Target and Best Buy show customer interest — and willingness to shell out at least $349 for the cheapest version of the watch — ramping up.
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The Nightmare Of Grocery Shopping In Venezuela
For Caracas housewife Anny Valero, today is grocery day — whether she likes it or not. Here's why: It's Monday, and if Valero doesn't go now, she'll have to wait four more days to buy food. In Venezuela, government supermarkets sell price-controlled food, making them far cheaper than private stores. But Valero explains that people are allowed in state-run supermarkets just two days per week, based on their ID card numbers. The system is designed to prevent shoppers from...
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