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According to the latest study out of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, over half of all shoppers during the 2011 holiday season used a cell phone to research a product that they were considering. Within the sample of 1,000 American adults, one fourth of the respondents whipped out their mobile phone within the store to look up the price of a product at other online retailers. Twenty-four percent of the group used a… Read More

It looks like Apple may be extending its retail reach soon. The company is reportedly planning on latching onto the 2nd largest discount retail chain in America, Target, and will be opening up mini-Apple stores within select Target locations. According to a report by Apple Insider, a “source familiar with Apple plans” said that the company will be opening 25 Apple-branded shops within Targets in areas that “can't support a standalone Apple… Read More

Earlier this week, both Amazon and eBay had a public debate in Washington in front of the House Judiciary Committee about the creation of a standard Internet sales tax that could be adopted by any state seeking increased tax revenue according to CNNMoney. Recently on the opposite side of the argument, Amazon is currently arguing in favor of a standardized tax in order to simplify the tax collection process. It's likely that Amazon wants… Read More

The basics If you've never done Black Friday before there are some things that you should know and think about before you make your plan. First, if you're going to go, you should make a plan. Second, you should expect craziness and no less. Don't get up at 4 am on friday morning thinking that just because you're an hour early you'll get exactly what you want with no problems at all. No matter where you are, there… Read More

Earlier today, California governor Jerry Brown put his signature on the Internet sales tax bill at the Gap Inc. offices in San Francisco. However, this doesn't mean that California will see an increase at the online checkout screen just yet. Governor Jerry Brown compromised with the leader in opposition, Amazon, and postponed collection of the sales tax until September 12, 2012. In return, Amazon agrees to end a political push to promote… Read More

Americans are back to doing what we do best these days: shopping. ComScore has released its first report on U.S. online holiday spending and it's up significantly compared to last year, with Amazon.com leading the flurry of growth. Online sales from Nov. 1-26 increased 13 percent, rising from $10.3 billion to $11.6 billion. Thanksgiving Day, a traditionally slow day for sales, made a dramatic gain of 28 percent, and Black Friday sales… Read More

By now, you’re all too aware of the Black Friday deals. Target, Amazon, Radio Shack…they’ve all released (or leaked) their red, green, chaos-filled, full-page ads announcing their discounts. Large retailers have been heavily advertising their TVs, iPods, and tablets this year – choosing to focus on general consumer electronics. But finding gifts for advanced gadget lovers is slightly more difficult, and there are far fewer ads for items like… Read More

Black Friday is rapidly approaching, with only two weeks for businesses nationwide to win consumers' first go at holiday shopping.  Gottadeal reported an especially tempting offer Target will be running on November 26. If you’re brave enough face the crowds, the retailer will be offering hugely discounted HDTVs and electronics. The chain is offering other sales items as well, but is rumored to be focusing the more outstanding deals on tech… Read More

Tired of your old games and gear? Retailing giants Best Buy and Target have launched new trade-in programs designed to get people to bring in their old and tired merchandise…and exchange it for credit towards new games and gizmos. First up, discount retailer Target has begun a trade-in program for video games and mobile electronics. The program is currently only available in northern California stores, but the retailer plans to expand… Read More

Amazon.com is making its first brick-and-mortar retail move with its Kindle ereader—and the deal is with Target. Target has announced it will begin selling Kindle ereaders beginning April 25 for $259. Up until now, the Kindle readers have been available exclusively from Amazon, and the deal marks the first time Amazon is partnering with a traditional retailer to bring the Kindle to consumers. The Kindle will initially go on sale at… Read More

You only have a couple days left to do your last minute shopping and gifting. Here’s our weekly installment of the best weekly deals on electronics and gadgets. Walmart, Best Buy and Target are having weekly and daily sales on the majority of their electronics and tech products. So we decided to be helpful this gift-giving season and put a little holiday cheer in you day by doing a last minute round up of the best sale items and sale info we… Read More

Weekly Holiday Deals The Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness may be all over, but most major retailers are still having some killer holiday deals. Walmart, Best Buy and Target are having weekly and daily deal and sales on the majority of their electronics and tech products. So we decided to be helpful this gift-giving season, and put a little holiday cheer in you day by rounding up the best sales items and sale infowe could find for this… Read More

Target has invented a gift that actually keeps on giving. The remote control Target Gift Card is now available and it’s too festive to pass up. Target is offering the world’s first remote control gift card for the 2009 holiday season. The remote control card looks and is shaped like a slice of Swiss cheese—cheesy indents and all—and it

Target is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States (second only to Wal-mart), and since 2001 it has partnered with Amazon.com to relaunch Target.com as an online store and ecommerce platform, leveraging Amazon's technology and fulfillment capabilities to offer online shopping to its customers. Now, after a decade of partnership, Target has decided it wants to do e-commerce in its own again, announcing plans to launch… Read More

Discount retailer Target begun testing online sales of used electronics, including video game consoles, personal electronics, portable media players, and even high-definition flat panel televisions. According to Target, the “pre-owned” items on sale via the Web site are inspected and, if necessary, refurbished by “a manufacturer-authorized or Target-managed third party. In a conference call discussing quarterly financial… Read More