Well, I promised an update when I finally managed to make an online grocery order all on my own, and today, that was my biggest achievement. The lucky site was…. Emart. As I related a while back (first here, then here), Homeplus rapidly fixed one text field on its website when Lime ranted abou...

It's the end of an age as Woolworths' last Pic'n' Mix bag is put up for auction. Many bulk-candy fans (you're probably one of them) would likely have it bronzed, rather than eat it. Proceeds from the sale will... read more...

deals, funding, Internet Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle-based Frugal Mechanic, an auto-parts search engine, has received seed funding from Founder’s Co-op, a peer-to-peer investment firm also based in Seattle, according to TechCrunch. The exact amount was not disclosed, but is between $250,00...

... or you'll be waiting forever for your stuff. I was going nuts all last month since not only did my old glasses break in December, I lost them about two weeks ago. Not fun. I put an order in at Zenni Optical on January 7th. After the shipping time posted on their site, still nothing. I called the...

Woolworths, una tienda minorista que tiene 100 años de antigüedad y entró en bancarrota hace un mes aproximadamente, ha anunciado que seguirá su actividad comercial a través de Internet, después de haber sido adquirida por Shop Direct. La tienda empezó vendiendo caramelos, para después pasar...

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Why visit stores? I have gotten to the point where I do about 75% of my non-grocery shopping online. I’m willing to bet that a good portion of the folks who read this are in the same situation. The rest of you might wonder why. The Shipping Cost Argument Most people use this as their argument ...

I was talking to to blogger Tamale Chica, who has been taking photos for her blog quite regularly.  Originally she used Olympus cameras from the FE series, but recently changed to an Olympus Stylus.  She shared with me that she was unhappy with the results of the Stylus.  They have two of them, o...

e-commerce, Sales, Internet Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle-based Amazon announced its sales for the 2008 holiday season were its best ever, peaking with 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on December 15. Best-selling items included the “Wall-E” DVD, Nintendo Wii video-game platform, Mi...

Macy's plans to expand the presence of FAO Schwarz shops in its department stores, proving that not every development around gift giving in the holiday season has been related to price slashing. Macy's decided to add the shops this fall after they enjoyed a successful test run at its State Street st...