American consumers are bracing for more price hikes of their grocery items, as beef, milk, coffee and sugar prices have all increased in the past few months, and food companies and fastfood chains like Kellog Co. and McDonald’s Corp. announced plans to pass along some of the added cost to customers. Retailers have been reluctant […]
The heirs of the luxury goods brand Hermes announced on Sunday that they would be keeping their 70 percent share of the firm following plans of the luxury retail company LVMH to up its stake. “Today, the family holding is, with nearly three quarters of the stock, a large majority and perfectly united in pursuit […]
Reports of four cases of baby deaths due to strangulation have prompted Graco Children’s Products, Inc. to announce a voluntary recall of 2 million MetroLite and Quattro brand strollers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Wednesday. Graco’s website says that “entrapment and strangulation can occur, especially to infants younger than 12 months […]
Clothing chain Gap has backtracked on the launch of its new logo after drawing severe criticism especially online. Gap’s new logo with a small blue square on the upper right part triggered a firestorm of rebuke and criticism from its customers and graphic designers on the Internet soon after it was revealed on the company’s […]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that they will launch a Microsoft Windows tablet PC this holiday season to enter the competitive market led by Apple’s iPad. “You’ll see new slates with Windows on them. You’ll see them this Christmas,” he told an audience at the London School of Economics on Tuesday. The company has been […]
Children who suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been found to have a genetic defect that increases their likelihood to manifest the condition, according to a new study by British scientists. The study, which is to be published online in The Lancet journal on September 30, strengthens the existing theory that the condition is […]
Sales of LCD TVs are expected to rebound from weak sales during the first half of the year to meet increased consumer demand during the upcoming holiday season, as retailers plan to cut back on prices, according to industry researcher iSuppli. The decline in prices is also due to an oversupply of LCD TV units […]
A small number of mobile consumers prefer to shop using their mobile gadgets than using other ways, according to a new study by Millennial Media and comScore. The research found that of the 8 percent of mobile subscribers who are also shopping with their devices, 27 percent said they had bought or looked at retail […]
Autumn is set to begin and several retail stores are already filling temporary jobs in preparation for busy shopping during the upcoming holiday season. Shops are expected to hire nearly 600,000 additional workers during the last three months of the year, according to new data from Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc., a Chicago-based employment tracking […]
Operating system Android is not quite ready for tablet PCs, according to owner Google. “Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets,” Hugo Barra, Google director of mobile products said last week. Froyo is the name of Android’s latest version. The announcement came despite many tablet models running on Android showcased at IFA Berlin. “If […]
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