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Retailers Go High-Tech To Track Shoppers
A growing number of stores are using discrete and sophisticated technology — including mannequins with facial-recognition cameras hidden in their eyes — to track shopper demographics in an effort to boost sales.
Borrowed Luxury: A Drive In Your Dream Car May Not Be Out Of Reach
For most drivers super cars and ultra luxury vehicles are simply too expensive to think about buying.
A Look At This Year’s Hot Holiday Gifts
In the electronics department, tablets are still tops and what’s old is new again in toy stores.
Staten Island Non-Profit Provides Holiday Gifts For Sandy Victims
A non-profit organization has opened a charity store on Staten Island that will spend the season providing gifts to Superstorm Sandy victims.
More Applicants Emerge As New York State Prepares To Grant Casino Licenses
More potential competitors for upstate New York casino licenses are emerging despite an increasingly crowded Northeast market.
One Step Ahead: New York Shoe Expo Showcases Hot Spring Trends
The New York Shoe Expo is a shoe lover’s dream, a three-day showcase of thousands of new designs from all over the world.
Ready, Set, Click: Consumers Take Advantage Of Cyber Monday Sales
The National Retail Federation says a record 141 million shopped over the holiday weekend, up from 139 million people last year, but total spending was down nearly three percent from last year.
Holiday Sales Draw Bigger Crowds But Spending May Be Down
But total spending is expected to fall for the first time ever since the trade group began tracking it in 2006, according to the survey that was released on Sunday. Over the four days, spending fell an estimated 2.9 percent to $57.4 billion.
Buyer Beware: Negative Online Reviews Could End Up Costing You Big
If you have ever written a negative online review of a product or service it could wind up costing you thousands of dollars and causing countless headaches.
Analysts: Thanksgiving Retail Openings May Have Cut Into Black Friday Sales
A few retailers opened stores on Thanksgiving for the last few years. This year, at least a dozen major retailers did so, with some opening earlier in the day. That led some analysts to question whether the Thanksgiving openings would take away sales on Black Friday.
Friday Fades To Black, But Consumers Have Their Eyes On Cyber Monday
Black Friday 2013 was so big it couldn’t fit into just one day. Holiday shoppers were out in full force Friday night. Some of the nation’s biggest stores have been open since Thursday night.
Activists Rally Outside Secaucus Walmart To Demand Higher Wages
The company’s CEO is defending the retail giant. Bill Simon says his stores offers opportunity.
Black Friday Shoppers Flock To Stores To Snag Best Deals
With Thanksgiving here and gone and Chanukah in full effect, the mad rush of the holiday shopping season officially kicks off with Black Friday.
Black Friday Shopping Frenzy Underway
Thousands of die hard shoppers ran through the doors at Macy’s Herald Square store which opened on Thanksgiving for the first time in its 155 year history.
Credit Card Purchases Could Pay Off This Holiday Season
As the holiday shopping season arrives, paying with plastic could mean reaping big rewards.
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International Toy Fair At Javits Center
The Jacob Javits Center has turned into a huge playground. The 108th Annual International Toy Fair is in Manhattan this week showcasing the hottest trends in the industry.
Adriana Lima Models $2 Million Victoria’s Secret Bra
Supermodel Adriana Lima reveals the $2 million bombshell fantasy bra designed by Damiani exclusively for Victoria’s Secret at Victoria’s Secret, SoHo on October 20, 2010 in New York City.
Snoop, Sneakers & Stormtroopers Take NYC
The baddest man in the galaxy came to pitch shoes in New York on Feb. 4, 2010 — and he brought Darth Vader with him.
