4 posts and columns on bargains

Apps for Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers

in Commerce on December 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm PT

Here are 10 mobile shopping apps for the holiday procrastinators out there.
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Early Adopters Peeved as Others Race to Buy the TouchPad at Bargain Prices

in Commerce on August 20, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT

Bargain hunters moved quickly this morning to purchase hundreds of orphaned TouchPads that are nearing rock-bottom prices, following this week’s announcement that HP would no longer make devices based on WebOS.
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Forget the iPad: Japanese Buy TVs

in News on November 18, 2010 at 8:13 am PT

Earlier this year, Japanese consumers camped outside stores to buy the latest in high technology: Apple Inc.’s iPad and new iPhone 4. Now they are rushing to buy something a little more traditional: television sets.

Online Spending Two Sizes Too Small?

in News on December 15, 2008 at 9:19 am PT

With the econalypse still playing havoc with global finances, holiday shoppers are behaving pretty much as you’d imagine. They’re spending less–presumably, saving up for that awful rainy day when discretionary income is better spent holding onto their homes than on another Wii game under the Christmas tree.