Comcast’s just published its survey of consumer spending for the Cyber Monday that’s just passed: It was the single biggest day ever for shopping online, the first to surpass a billion dollars in U.S. spending. It proves shopping has changed forever. According to ComScore’s research, November 2010 saw $13.6 billion dollars of e-commerce from U.S. […]
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It was estimated that Oprah gave away over $40,000 worth of gifts to each audience member in her two favorite things shows. My holiday gift suggestions don’t quiet reach that level, but they are much cooler! “It’s a Jungle in There: Inspiring Lessons, Hard-Won Insights, and Other Acts of Entrepreneurial Daring” by Steven Schussler. Steven
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In 2006 artist Chris Burden and a team of eight studio assistants, including an engineer, began “Metropolis II.” It includes 1,200 custom-designed cars and 18 lanes; 13 toy trains and tracks; and, dotting the landscape, buildings made of wood block, tiles, Legos and Lincoln Logs. The crew is still at work on the installation. In
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As you recover from the long Thanksgiving weekend, you might be relieved to know that a new survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas has found that companies who ditched holiday parties during the recession are ready to bring them back. The survey of 100 human resource professionals found that 68 percent are planning parties this
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The New York Times is reporting that midway through last year, as analysts tried to predict where the economy was going, toy maker Bill Nichols decided he had the answer. He bet that the economy would still be so shaky this holiday season that a bargain-priced plastic toy would take off. With the help of
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CNet is reporting that according to ComScore, consumers spent $9.01 billion during the first three weeks of November, representing a 13 percent gain over the $7.95 billion spent during the same period last year. For the months of November and December combined, ComScore is forecasting $32.4 billion in online spending. Last year, consumers spent $29.1
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Thanksgiving is here and there is one food that is guaranteed to make an appearance on many dinner tables today: the green bean casserole. But, how did it become the holiday favorite that it is today? Tampa Bay Online has taken a look at the creator of this casserole, and how it got its start.
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Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for – annually, not oftener – if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors the
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Mashable is reporting that according to a recent survey from Nielsen, 31% of U.S. children ages 6 to 12 want an iPad over any other electronic device in the next six months, followed by a computer (29%) and iPod touch (29%). The study, which was conducted in October, includes 17 different kinds of popular electronic
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