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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaboodle, the largest and fastest-growing online social shopping community where people discover, recommend and share products, recently announced its Wish-a-Day Giveaway, offering anyone who creates a wish list on Kaboodle the opportunity to win the items on their holiday wish list. The Wish-a-Day Giveaway, coupled with enhanced wish-list functionality, entices everyone to start their holiday wish list. Kaboodle is hosting the Wish-a-Day Giveaway and will be giving away over $25,000 in prizes from Kaboodle and designated partners between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Anyone can enter by adding any item from any online store they desire to their Kaboodle wish list. Entrants are eligible for additional prizes by adding items from partners to their wish lists.
Try clicking not clipping coupons
Supermarket chains are trying out paperless, or digital, coupons to help the thrifty-minded save time while saving money. Shoppers load the online discounts onto their store loyalty cards, receiving credit at the checkout. Grocers see the innovation as a way to build customer loyalty, drawing consumers who are increasingly spending time online to their Web sites and ultimately, their stores. The move could increase coupon use by attracting shoppers who don't bother with paper coupons. It offers convenience for the companies in reducing handling, tallying and shipping of coupons, as well as cutting paper use. Kroger Co., the nation's largest traditional grocery chain, and Procter & Gamble Co., the largest consumer products company, are partners in a digital coupon trial that began last month.
Stop Making Sense: Marketers Unknowingly Promote Purchase Paralysis By ...
CHICAGO, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Just can't click that last button to complete an online purchase? Putting off that decision about a new phone service because you're overwhelmed by alternatives? Regret that you've switched to another credit card? You can blame the companies that are not applying the principles of behavioral economics to help customers make purchasing decisions. The Internet, in essence a worldwide department store, can be a consumers' paradise. But offering a mind-boggling array of choices without thinking about how customers really buy can be a recipe for disaster, warns Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTPI) . "Most companies don't test their online interfaces to optimize the choices they offer to their customers," said Bill Abbott, a Diamond partner and co-leader of the firm's information and analytics practice.
David Gilmour, Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd, Makes Digital Debut on ...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless scored another first today as the company's V CAST Music service becomes the first digital music service to deliver three new live versions of classic Pink Floyd songs to mobile music customers. Verizon Wireless customers can now download -- for free -- three songs from David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of the legendary Pink Floyd. The live versions of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb," are extracted from David Gilmour's recent No. 1 live DVD Remember That Night -- Live At The Royal Albert Hall. Fans will also be able to purchase these exclusive tracks as Ringtones or Ringback tones. For a limited time, Verizon Wireless customers can use their V CAST Music-enabled phones or PCs to download the full-songs for free or purchase the Ringtone or Ringback tones of the following songs: Verizon Wireless customers can find these songs in the What's New or Featured category on V CAST Music-enabled phones, and online in the V CAST Music Store.
IT Best Buy Shines Brightly as CompUSA Fades Away
When it comes to the realm of consumer electronics, Best Buy is the reigning retail leader. Best Buy's market dominance was made even clearer with the company's fiscal 2008 Q3 earnings report. Best Buy reported a 52% increase in its Q3 profits compared to the same period one year ago. In addition, overall quarterly revenue rose 17% from $8.5 billion USD to $9.9 billion USD thanks to 45 new store openings during the quarter. Revenue from Best Buy's online division helped the total with a 65% increase from fiscal 2007 Q3. Not surprisingly, Best Buy attributed an extra week of after Thanksgiving revenue for its stellar third quarter performance. Hot items for Best Buy during Q3 included consoles, flat-panel TVs, notebook computers and GPS units. When all was said and done, Best Buy's sales mix for the third quarter was 41%, 28%, 19%, 6% and 6% respectively for Consumer Electronics, Home Office, Entertainment Software, Appliances and Services.
Investing: Another sort of wine appreciation
Not long ago, Stephen Bachmann, a private-equity investor turned online wine store owner, posted a chart on his widely read blog about wine collecting. The dots on the graphic charted an investment starting at around $1,000 in 2003. They continued on a sustained northerly path — up 100 percent, up 200 percent — peaking above $4,000 in 2007. If the average investor's E-Trade account looked like that chart, he would be popping open bottles of champagne. But the chart's subject did not concern the latest hot tech stock. It certainly was not charting the performance of a 401(k) retirement fund. The liquid asset in question was literally liquid: a single bottle of 1990 Petrus, a Bordeaux blend. .
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