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Dog days of summer becoming back-to-school shopping daze instead
The dog days of summer used to be for lazing about at the beach or swimming hole.
Expensive TV spots for the biggest U.S. sports spectacle of the year have become a misguided venture for advertisers, a University of Purdue professor says.
A myth: Consumers hate holiday shopping
It is a myth that U.S. consumers don't like shopping during the holiday season, a U.S. retail expert says.
Layaway makes a comeback but is it really a good deal for hard-pressed consumers?
A funny thing is happening on the way to the cash register -- more stores are offering layaway as a means to entice consumers not only to get their holiday shopping done early but to boost sales overall.
Holiday gift card sales this year throughout the United States could exceed $35 billion, a Purdue University retail expert predicts.
The 11th annual Call Center Campus at Purdue University will present behavioral scientists' latest ideas on turning a call center into a marketing tool.
This holiday season holds little prospect for U.S. retailers to enjoy any huge sales increases, a Purdue University retail expert said Thursday.
U.S. holiday shoppers will find an unusually large number of discounts and bargains, a university study is predicting.
A Purdue University retail expert says store and Internet retailers can look forward to a busy holiday season with a 4 percent to 7 percent sales increase.
Less than two months in office, Brazil's new government is beginning to show the strains of trying to push one of the world's largest emerging markets out of the doldrums.
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Arias Is Found Guilty of Murder in Arizona
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Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool