A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Shop til we drop maybe becoming shop til we stop – to work!
According to new research from AOL Advertising with OTX, 40% of women 18-54 include online shopping at work in their multi-tasking activities.
Continue reading… “84% of Working Moms Shop Online at Work”
This Android phone app helps store owners in Colombia track their stock and accounts.
E-commerce startups are targeting emerging economies where cell phones, not browsers, rule.
In much of the world, shopping online involves browsing e-commerce sites or typing what you want to buy into a search engine. In countries where Internet-connected computers are a rarity, a Seattle-based startup called Slimtrader hopes to offer Internet shopping via text message instead.
Continue reading… “Internet Shopping Via Text Message”
Affluents will drive e-commerce recovery.
US retail e-commerce sales were resistant to the recession, but growth in spending was at a flat 2% for 2009, according to eMarketer estimates. That growth is set to resume at a double-digit clip this year, rising 12.7% to over $152 billion.
Continue reading… “Affluents More Confident About Economy, Will Drive Online Spending”
There are legitimate work-at-home opportunities online.
Carol is the proud new mommy of a baby boy. She isn’t ready to return to her customer service job, but she needs the income.Dave is a project manager for an outsourcing company. His company is planning layoffs. He suspects he will soon be unemployed.
Continue reading… “How to Find Legitimate Work-From-Home Opportunities on the Internet”
It was a mix of the old and the new Wednesday as the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau released its list of 2009’s Top 10 Scams and Ripoffs. The list includes both local and national activity.
Continue reading… “BBB Names Top 10 Scams and Ripoffs of 2009”
Women seem to shop more when they are depressed because of recession, a new study suggests.
A survey conducted by Karen Pine, professor at the University of Hertfordshire and author of Sheconomics, found that 79 per cent women go on a spending spree to cheer themselves up.
Continue reading… “Women Shop More When Depressed”
It is expected that the proposed enormous oceanarium in Moscow will form part of an amusement complex complete with a cinema, hotel, business center, shopping mall and many restaurants. According to news sources, the Eurasian country of Kazakhstan, which is the world’s largest landlocked country, is financing the construction of one of the new oceanarium.
Continue reading… “Europe’s Biggest Oceanarium Will Be Located In Moscow”
The influence children wield over their parents’ purchase decisions at the point of sale is grossly underestimated by parents. This was shown in a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria. According to the study by consumer researchers Claus Ebster and Udo Wagner, twice as many purchases in supermarkets are triggered by children than their parents are aware of. The study was published in the internationally renowned Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
Continue reading… “Study Shows Parents Unaware How Much Their Children Make Them Buy”
Taking carts that were landfill bound due to missing wheels or bent legs, designer Max McMurdo works his magic and “poof!” they are pieces you’d love to own. Reestore attempts to “avoid traditional eco materials in favor of contemporary finishes, fabrics, and, above all, style.”
Continue reading… “Shopping Cart Furniture”
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Its much more fun to laugh at other people’s misery. Second crazy video after the jump.
Continue reading… “Target Shopping Cart Disaster”
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Unveiled today, the third annual “IBM Next Five in Five” is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years.
Continue reading… “IBM Unveils Innovations That Will Change Our Lives In The Next Five Years”
Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they’ve quickly become one of its most popular items.
Continue reading… “Bras For Men Online Bestseller In Japan”
