Reports abound that the holiday shopping season is looking bleak. So we'd have to guess that people will be cutting back somehow. Maybe it's fewer gif...
CBS News | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business
Most standard online shipping offers expire on or before Dec. 19. Although quite a few sooner than that. Go to dealhack.com/deadlines for a quick-refe...
Judge Penny Brown Reynolds | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living
As our country finds its self in a recession, I am amazed at the number of people who are still able to shop. I look at them and wonder to myself if they really understand what Christmas is about.
Slate Magazine | Noreen Malone | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business
Many people greeted the recent news that several major retailers are going out of business by pondering what this means for the broader U.S. economy. ...
Thomas Stern | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business
I don't know about you, but given the recent official announcement of a recession (duh), my nerves have been rather like a knotted oak lately.
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living
Holiday compassion, which most of us value but seldom practice, is the opposite of holiday commercialism, which most of us practice but never value.
Forbes.com | Maurna Desmond | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business
Reaching for the plastic to pay for holiday presents this season? Expect to find a few surprises in your statement next month. Credit card issuers,...
Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
Perhaps you have already had the chance to take a look at our green gift guide, but consider these other options, too. Happily, eco-friendly gift are ...
Derek Shearer | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living
What do you get a President-elect for the holidays who will soon have the weight of the world on his shoulders? Advice books, energy food, sports gear? It's a predicament.
Treehugger.com | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
Cava is the Spanish equivalent of champagne, but much tastier. The holiday season often finds companies giving gifts to their employees as a symbol of...
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living
By all accounts, yes even from the pessimists, online shopping Thanksgiving weekend was a blockbuster, up 13% from last year. But let's take a little time out for safety, security, and common sense.
NY Times | Cathy Horyn | Posted 01.04.2009 | Style
WITH a little planning, you can coordinate your holiday shopping with chocolate tastings, a free eyebrow shaping and maybe an ornament for your dog. O...
Wall Street Journal | ILAN BRAT and MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business
At malls across the country, shoppers are being besieged by a determined crop of salespeople: young Israelis who man mobile carts and have a no-holds-...
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living
Competition is so endemic to our culture, consumption has become a competitive sport. Am I the only one who thinks something is out of whack here? Remember the mortgage mess we're in?
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
The modernity is fascinating because, as brands go, you can hardly find anything more old school than Victorinox, which manufactures this knife.
New York Magazine | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
"One year I gave these to everyone who came in over the holidays, starting a week before Christmas. Wrap the little flourless cakes in cellophane bags...
AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyb...
Kira Craft | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
Is there anything more valuable in life than our time and what we choose to do with it? This year my goal is to be present instead of giving presents.
Reuters | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business
Consumers made repeat trips to stores and spent more on bargains this holiday weekend, but the early rush is unlikely to save retailers from a bleak s...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. A special day out -- a movie, hamburgers and a sleep-over. 2. A big empty cardboard box. Children are creative and can pretend it's a castle, a fo...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. I opt for something humorous. This year, my husband is getting red long johns and rock 'em sock 'em robots. 2. Something that the both of you can ...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. Experiences always beat out stuff. 2. Services, like I asked my husband to fix my old Schwinn Cruiser for my birthday. You can't buy that in a st...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. Donation to a charity. 2. A bouquet of flowers. 3. A really nice houseplant like a philodendron that is easy to care for, or some native bulbs to...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. Dinner at their favorite restaurant. 2. I give my friends small, silly goody bags and maybe a few other small gifts that center around whatever t...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Style
1. A surprise paid-for, all-inclusive weekend away at a hotel to a place of their liking for a Christmas bash. 2. Gifts that they would appreciate gi...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business