Consumer Shopping Tips

A Shopping Event for the Midnight Bargain HunterNews from Patch.com:
For many, the idea of shopping past 9 p.m. is something done during the late holiday rush period when stores are open at crazy hours to satisfy the procrastinators and those seeking super bargains.
But one Babylon Village store has learned that a midnight sales event can be a lucrative and fun experience.
Oooh la la is holding its third annual Midnight Madness sale Friday evening, from 9 p.m. til 1 a.m. and the later shoppers buy the bigger savings they will [...] Continue Reading…

Surge in SA online shoppingNews from The New Age Online:
Samuel MungadzeSouth African consumers are more confident and feel comfortable to shop online, a survey conducted in November last year shows.The survey, conducted by PayU, a South African online and mobile payment service provider, revealed that 75% of the respondents actively participated in and recognised the important role that e-commerce would play in shaping the country’s future economy.The survey feedback complemented Arthur Goldstuck and his team at World Wide Worx, whose 2011 research also showed a surge in online shopping.World [...] Continue Reading…

Couponing course gives tips for smart shoppingNews from Reminder Newspapers:

By Rachel Hill – ReminderNewsWindsor – posted Thu., Jan. 26, 2012

Gina Juliano offers many couponing tips for smart shoppers. Courtesy photo.

What does it take to be a savvy shopper these days? According to couponing maven and self-professed “frugal shopper” Gina Juliano, all you need is some organizational skills and less than two hours a week to create a system for saving money. Then all you need to do is start raking in the bargains on a weekly basis. It’s just [...] Continue Reading…

Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Ends 2011 on a Low Note; 2012 Outlook …News from Sacramento Bee:
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – Despite small improvements in three out of four components, the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) dipped slightly in December due to a decline in housing prices. The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending.
“Initial unemployment claims continued to decline in December, while real wages benefited from a decrease in energy prices,” explained Carl Steidtmann, Deloitte’s chief economist and author of the monthly Index.  [...] Continue Reading…

Forbes names Orlando best city for bargain shoppingNews from Orlando Business Journal:

Orlando Business Journal
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 12:29pm EST

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Forbes named Orlando the No. 1 city for bargain shopping.

Orlando’s 500 outlet stores, 18 million square feet of retail space in malls, a low consumer price index and a low combined tax rate of just 6.5 percent were among the factors that made the City Beautiful the No. 1 best city for bargain shopping</…………… continues on Orlando Business Journal
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Online shopping: Web takes hassle out of bringing up babyNews from Financial Times:
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And off to the online shops we goNews from The National:
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Online shopping not without riskNews from Nashua Telegraph:
Keeping it simple isn’t safe online.
As we leave a season of significant growth in online shopping, another story questions the security of online shopping.
Zappos, a popular online retailer, revealed Jan. 15 that more than 24 million of its customers’ records were stolen by hackers. Although full credit card content was encrypted due to compliance requirements enforced by Visa and MasterCard, other data such as customer e-mail addresses, shipping and billing addresses, phone numbers, the last four digits of the credit card and [...] Continue Reading…

How are consumer spending trends affecting local merchants?News from Reynolds Center:

Reports from Europe indicate that shoppers are tired of belt-tightening. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

With December’s credit-card bills rolling in and April’s tax payments looming for many Americans, January tends to bring out the frugal in us.  Money-saving tips are hot headlines on magazine covers and websites, while a cursory review of the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly retail trade report going back a few years shows that January and February tend to post the slowest sales of the year.
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Forbes: Cincinnati tops for bargain shoppingNews from Cincinnati Business Courier:

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Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 12:08pm EST

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Cincinnati Premium Outlets added about 100 outlet stores to the Cincinnati market.

Cincinnati was ranked among the Top 10 cities for bargain shopping, according to Forbes.
The Queen City came in at No. 8 out of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. Forbes looked at these i…………… continues on Cincinnati Business Courier
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Strike day 2011 tops for online shopping in UKNews from Siliconrepublic.com:Strike day 2011 tops for online shopping in UK

The day public-sector workers went on strike in the UK over pensions – Wednesday, 30 November 2011 – turned out to be the most popular online shopping day in 2011, figures from BT’s retail specialist division, BT Expedite and Fresca, suggest.
The figures for the Christmas shopping period, from the retailers utilising systems supplied by BT Expedite and Fresca, show that 30 November online sales were up 163pc on an average day [...] Continue Reading…