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19 hours ago ago from Wise Money Tips

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. consumers worried, waiting to shop for holidays

5 hours ago ago from InvestmentWatch

(Reuters 12/08/09) - More U.S. consumers say job concerns are causing them to spend less on the holidays this year and the majority are still waiting for big discounts to finish their Christmas shopping, a new survey said. Thirty-eight percent of the people surveyed by America's Research Group said that concerns about keeping or getting a job were causing them to spend less this holiday season. That compares with about 26 percent of ...

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@throughtheseyes holiday online shopping is the way to go…save gas, time, and don’t end up with 1000 impulse buys!!

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Chart of the Week: Barriers to Online Holiday Shopping | E-Commerce Blog

20 hours ago ago from E-Commerce Blog

During the holidays, ecommerce merchants have advantages over their brick and mortar counterparts. Convenience and round the clock shopping are two of those advantages. But a businessperson who wants to expand sales would be well served to look at his or her disadvantages as an online merchant. One of the areas The Nielsen Company explored in a recent holiday survey was those disadvantages. In this “Chart of the Week” you can see ...

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Wishlist | Green Holiday Basics

8 hours ago ago from Notes on a Party

This holiday season, let's revisit the basics in a green way.  Here are three tips to get you started on your shopping for the green peeps in your life. Tip 1/ Plan ahead.  Last minute madness inevitably means compromising everything.  There's nothing quite like paying too much for irresponsibly made items that the recipient doesn't even like. Tip 2/ Excess is out.  Thoughtful and conscious is in.  You're not a downer if you insist ...

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Swap Or Shop: Which Will You Do This Holiday Season? (POLL)

4 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Swapping might be the new shopping this holiday season as more buyers are simultaneously trying to get rid of the old and acquire the new...all without dropping a dime. The New York Daily News pointed out the growing amount of websites devoted to the cause: Sites like BarterQuest.com , SwapTree.com , U-exchange.com , SwapTreasures.com and TitleTrader.com let you swap almost anything online. PaperBackSwap.com and BookMooch.com are great for ...

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Perry Garfinkel: The 7 Laws Of Inconspicuous Consumption

22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Tis the $eason to be $pending. That's the less-than-spiritual message retailers are blasting from radios, TVs, billboards, newspaper and magazine ads, circulars, direct mail, Facebook walls, tweets, and e-blasts (have I missed any media?) in these last weeks before Chanukah and Christmas. Far be it for me to put a damper on spending when the economy clearly needs some good old-fashioned consumer consumption - the more conspicuous, the ...

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U.S. Online Holiday Spending Reaches $16 Billion for First 36 Days of the November-December Shopping Season

53 minutes ago ago from FanHouse

RESTON, Va., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 36 days of the November - December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, nearly $16 billion has been spent online, marking a 3-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week ending December 6 reached $4.6 billion in ...

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