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Retailers hope free shipping turns you into a regular customer
Two words have become mandatory music to the ears of holiday shoppers: free shipping. This holiday season -- with cash-strapped consumers...
USA TODAY, 11/16/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Casual restaurants treat veterans to a free meal
For all the forgettable Veterans Day sales, there's a trio of free-meal deals for military veterans that speak not just to the heart but the...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Not immune to criticism, Kellogg pulls health pitch off cereal boxes
Kellogg is scrapping controversial immune-system claims from its Cocoa Krispies and Rice Krispies cereal boxes even as some critics are turning...
USA TODAY, 11/05/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Purchase a T-shirt, become a star in Times Square
The price of fame has hit rock bottom. Fifteen seconds of fame -- via some very public social networking that puts your photo on a towering...
USA TODAY, 11/03/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Cereal claims to boost immunity
Kellogg, the nation's largest cereal maker, is being called to task by critics who object to the swine flu-conscious claim now bannered in bold...
USA TODAY, 11/02/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Hand sanitizer goes designer
It had to come down to this eventually: designer hand sanitizers. It didn't take long for marketers to figure out that if swine-flu phobia made...
USA TODAY, 10/28/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
How many ingredients are in this scoop?
Answer: A. Haagen-Dazs' Five coffee ice cream includes milk, cream, eggs, coffee and sugar. Simple is better. This could be 2010's most...
USA TODAY, 10/28/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
A price so high you've got to wear shades
For $4,000, you can land a luxurious week in Europe, an Armani 100% cashmere overcoat or a diamond ring from Tiffany's. Or perhaps you'd prefer...
USA TODAY, 10/26/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
Target puts plastic bags in bull's-eye
Just in time for the holidays, reusable shopping bags are about to go decidedly mainstream. Target, the fifth-largest U.S. retailer last year,...
USA TODAY, 10/19/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication -
It's a wrap for bananas at 7-Eleven
7-Eleven knows one thing that drives customers bananas: brown bananas wilting on the counter next to the cashier. "Our customers want yellow...
USA TODAY, 10/12/09 by Bruce Horovitz · More from publication
