As merchants prepare for the coming holidays, more and more of them are turning to payment alternatives such as layaway to help shoppers get the most out of the busiest shopping season of the year. Kmart and Sears, however, have proudly been providing budget-conscious families with the convenience of layaway year round, recognizing that families face financial pressure no matter the time of year.
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Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is providing shoppers with a new level of transparency about how farm animals are raised by now offering beef, pork and chicken certified under 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating system (bit.ly/fawOft).
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Webroot, the first Internet security service company, today released the results of a survey exploring consumers' online shopping habits leading up to the holidays.
In a survey of more than 2,660 individuals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, more than half (55 percent) of respondents say they plan to buy at least half of their gifts online this holiday season, up from 38 percent of shoppers last year.
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Designed to delight shoppers and defy convention, two all-new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe models make their world debut today at the 2012 New York International Auto Show. The third-generation Santa Fe crossover family introduces the two-row, five-passenger Santa Fe Sport and the long wheelbase (LWB) three-row, seven-passenger model called Santa Fe. The all-new Santa Fe family showcases the brand’s cutting-edge capabilities through “Fluidic Sculpture” design, impressive fuel economy and a host of features to delight drivers and passengers with high expectations for functionality and comfort. The all-new 2013 Santa Fe Sport will go on-sale late this summer, with the larger Santa Fe introduced to dealers in January 2013.
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Wahl, a grooming products leader, is doing its part to help holiday shoppers reverse a trend of unwanted and unneeded gifts this year. Unnecessary gifts accounted for almost 50 percent of purchases last year. The company’s holiday lineup includes new and powerful therapeutic massagers and grooming tools for the practical, budget-friendly demands of gift givers while also fitting what new research says those on the receiving end want this year.
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Jewelry Television®, the nation’s largest shopping network dedicated exclusively to fine jewelry and gemstones, has announced its most spectacular holiday shopping event ever — Black Friday Week. The deals began Monday, Nov. 21 and emerge daily and hourly through Sunday, Nov. 27. To help make shopping easier, shoppers can plan purchases ahead to avoid possible sell outs.
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With each generation comes a new style and a new language. It’s as unique as a fingerprint and can be seen everywhere from pop culture to the greeting card aisle. Enter justWink, a new greeting card line from American Greetings (NYSE: AM) which offers the next generation of greeting card shoppers something completely new and unexpected that also connects cards with the mobile world for the first time with a free greeting app for iPhone and Android users. Something for the person who values their personal style, a great (if sometimes offbeat) sense of humor, and who is dedicated to keeping in touch with all of the important people in their lives. Something designed precisely for right this very now.
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Accessories are magical. Accessories are the tools we use to transform good taste into real presence. Effective personal styling is rarely about a complete, season-on-season reinvention. What can turn last year’s hottest day dress into this season’s rocking party frock? A heel. A clutch. And a bit of imagination. Clothes are a great joy but it’s accessories that keep us interested. And interesting.
This spring, the Collection of Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages launches ‘The Art of the Detail’ campaign to entice savvy shoppers to discover a lavish selection of must-have accessories, with savings of up to 60% on the recommended retail price. From leading international designers to niche European collections, between 60 and 140 luxury outlet boutiques in each Village offer price reductions that will make visitors double take; a single visit can turn a wardrobe around.
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The list of winners of the Institute's TOP SAFETY PICK award is longer than ever this year, with vehicles in nearly every size category the Institute evaluates earning accolades. From minicars to sedans to pickups, consumers have a record number of choices among 2012 models.
In all, 69 cars, 38 SUVs, 5 minivans, and 3 pickups earn TOP SAFETY PICK. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute evaluations. The ratings, which cover all 4 of the most common kinds of crashes, help shoppers pick vehicles that offer the highest levels of crash protection. Because the federal government now requires all 2012 and later passenger vehicles to have electronic stability control to help drivers avoid loss-of-control crashes, ESC no longer is a requirement to win as it was in prior years.
The winners’ circle includes 18 new recipients for 2012, while 97 models that previously qualified for the 2011 award carry over to 2012.
Today, Whole Planet Foundation is kicking off its 2012 Prosperity Campaign at Whole Foods Market®, with the goal of raising $4.1 million to fund poverty alleviation projects across the globe and right here in the U.S.
Through Facebook®, shoppers can submit a 25 – 350 word essay on how their small actions are making a big impact for a chance to win a trip for two to India from Intrepid Travel®. On this seven-day adventure, travelers will experience the power of microcredit firsthand as they meet with loan recipients and take in India’s vibrant sights, sounds and flavors. For details and to enter, visit facebook.com/wholeplanetfoundation and select the “Whole Planet Foundation: Small Change for Big Change” tab. The deadline to enter is March 18. Winners will be announced on April 2.
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Shoppers in the market for a cool, affordable new car can see which models the experts recommend most in the list of 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000 of 2013 from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information. Each year, the KBB.com editors collectively pool their wisdom and expert opinions as they choose the 10 coolest affordable new cars, and this year the 2013 Hyundai Veloster ranks No. 1 on the list.
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Bing, Microsoft Corp.’s search engine, today is launching a national campaign to highlight Bing’s commitment to honest search results and to help explain to consumers the risks of Google Shopping’s newly announced “pay–to–rank” practice, in which the shopping search results customers see are not true search results such as they see elsewhere on Google; they are actually ads that are ranked, in part, by who pays the most. More information on these practices is available at http://www.scroogled.com.
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