What do consumers do with lousy holiday gifts?
A post I wrote recently was on “What Not to Buy for a Gift.” Some items were gym memberships, pets, […]
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How to return holiday gifts
About a third of American consumers returned holiday gifts last year. Hopefully, you kept your receipts and aren’t on a long
Facts and figures for the holidays 2025
The holidays are a busy time for most Americans: shopping, traveling, visiting, and eating lots of holiday goodies. AAA predicts 122.4
What not to give for a gift
Since gift giving is big this time of year and I just wrote about the best gifts I’ve ever received,
Instacart is using an AI experiment to quietly add about 25 percent to some customers grocery items, report shows
Instacart, enabled by the artificial intelligence pricing software Eversight, is running large-scale, hidden price experiments on unsuspecting customers, a new
Consumer Reports announces its guide to 2026 vehicle quality to help shoppers in these high cost times
The average price of a new car is more than $50,000, the highest in history, placing added stress on car
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Photo: Wildlife Madagascar My niece Debra Erickson is embarking on a fantastic, challenging project. Debra’s founded a group called Wildlife
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AI toys with disturbing conversations and unsafe or counterfeit online toys are dangerous toys parents need to reject while holiday shopping
Each year, the U.S.PIRG Education Fund, a consumer group, tests toys prior to the holiday season to let parents know