Read more shopping stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/823/shopping.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:26:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72539/women-drive-recovery-but-dissed-by-retail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen who shop til they drop are stimulating the economy more than any Ben Bernanke, but the planet's greatest spending bloc feels dissed by retailers and service providers. Women control $20 trillion in annual consumer spending in the world—a figure likely to climb to $28 trillion by 2014. Despite...http://www.newser.com/story/72539/women-drive-recovery-but-dissed-by-retail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 2:32:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71985/target-will-pay-shoppers-to-bring-their-own-bags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTarget and CVS will reward customers for using reusable shopping bags, and the efforts could take a billion plastic bags out of circulation. Though some retailers—notably Wal-Mart—have been slow to hop on the eco bandwagon, initiatives at smaller chains such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's have met...http://www.newser.com/story/71985/target-will-pay-shoppers-to-bring-their-own-bags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71755/harrods-now-selling-gold-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world's most over-the-top department store has taken bling to a new level. Beginning today, shoppers at Harrods, the London emporium owned by Egyptian billionaire Mohamed al-Fayed, can buy gold bars and coins over the counter. The store has teamed with a Swiss bank to arrange for customers to purchase...http://www.newser.com/story/71755/harrods-now-selling-gold-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 5:05:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69879/japan-loses-its-taste-for-luxury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundred-dollar melons and pricey designer handbags used to sell so well in Japan that companies considered luxury goods a mass-market sector. But while the Japanese kept on shopping through previous recessions, this one has produced a sea change. The luxury industry has been hard hit, and the change may be...http://www.newser.com/story/69879/japan-loses-its-taste-for-luxury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 7:31:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69454/baby-crap-you-dont-need.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you’ve had a few kids, you know that you don’t need half of the baby products littering the shelves of Babies “R” Us, but new parents are easy prey for marketers. Brad Tuttle offers a list of the silliest, most useless crap in Time : Crib bedding sets: The bumper...http://www.newser.com/story/69454/baby-crap-you-dont-need.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 11:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68547/man-charged-with-striking-strangers-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Georgia man is being held on charges of felony cruelty to children after he slapped a stranger’s crying child in Wal-Mart, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Roger Stephens, 61, approached the mother and said, “If you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you.” When the...http://www.newser.com/story/68547/man-charged-with-striking-strangers-child.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 13:25:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68370/website-finds-others-to-do-your-chores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet is often considered a time waster—now it can be a time saver, too. RunMyErrand is a Boston-based startup that has other people do your pesky chores for you, Mashable reports. A typical errand (grocery shopping or returning something to the store, say) costs less than $10. The...http://www.newser.com/story/68370/website-finds-others-to-do-your-chores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 17:30:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68417/long-receipts-get-shoppers-in-a-twist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBuy a pack of gum at a New York drugstore, get a foot-long receipt. That’s just one example of the paper-trail overload generated by many retailers in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reports. What was once a record of your purchase has become a ribbon of countless coupons, contests,...http://www.newser.com/story/68417/long-receipts-get-shoppers-in-a-twist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 9:48:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66982/back-to-school-sales-in-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetailers are seeing the slowest back-to-school season in many years as consumers cling to their cash, the New York Times reports. Estimates on sales, an early indicator of how stores will fare in the holiday season, show declines of 3 to 8% from last year, which saw a 1% increase....http://www.newser.com/story/66982/back-to-school-sales-in-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 5:20:29 CDT