| Bricks Fight Back
Retail stores are ramping up their use of technology to draw in more customers with eye-catching ads and an array of what are called “unique shopping experiences." Brick-and-mortar outlets are loading their arsenals with technology borrowed from video gaming, flight simulation, sound-and-light spectaculars, and just about every reality—virtual or otherwise—in between. Retailers have little choice. With the surge in online shopping in recent years, fewer people are actually setting foot inside actual stores to buy goods. To stay competitive, real-world retailers have to provide unique and blended experiences to differentiate themselves from their competition, says Forrester Research senior analyst Tamara Mendelsohn. “You will see more innovative technologies at more brick-and-mortar retail locations," she says.
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Launches Sprig.com
WASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), a leading publisher of award-winning news and information Web sites and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) , today announced the launch of Sprig (http://www.sprig.com/), the company's new property for the sophisticated and stylish woman who also aims to integrate environmentally- friendly choices into her life. As green moves into the mainstream, Sprig caters to a consumer who wants to combine demanding taste-in fashion, beauty, home, food and lifestyle-with first-rate products and services that are LESS demanding on the environment. Sprig's original content and fresh and convenient ideas enable readers who want the best for themselves and their families to easily make choices that are beautiful, stylish and eco-friendly.
Kimmells find a home at Forge
An ordinary box of corn starch should be the mascot for Ron and Sheila Kimmell as they settle in to their neighborhood as the owners of Forge Food Mart and Liquor. It was Christmas last year, Ron begins, urging his wife of 39 years to tell the story. Sheila reluctantly filled in the blanks, obviously believing there was nothing extraordinary about her actions to save one familys holiday dinner last December. Sheila was working the store Christmas Day to let their employees be home with their own families. One man walked in, sent there on a mission to find corn starch to thicken the turkey gravy for dinner. A search of the shelves proved Forge did not carry the item. Naturally, Sheila picked up the phone and called all the other local convenience stores that were open for the holiday, but none of them stocked corn starch, either.
eBay: Turning your clutter into cash
April 19, 2007 - If you're like the average household, your basement, attic, and closets could hold treasures disguised as junk - but there are easy ways to turn that clutter into cash. eBay's Design Director, Shawn Henderson, guides us room by room through the typical home to find hidden valuables just in time for spring cleaning season. .
NBA star aims high with low-cost tennis shoe
Waiting in a winding line in New York for autographs from his favorite NBA player, 15-year-old Brian Cox lifted the lid of a shoebox to show off his synthetic leather high-top sneakers with black sides and blue-and-orange soles. At a price his mother doesn't mind - $14.98 - he got his fourth pair of Starburys last week, a sneaker created by New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury. Joanne Cox brought her two teenage sons to Steve & Barry's University Sportswear after church last Sunday for the launch of Marbury's spring line. .
ClickandBuy Interview With Jamy Nigri and Stuart Ginsberg -Pt.1
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