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Gilt-y Conscience: How the Online Retailer Creates Fake Discounts
Gilt.com offers several "exclusive" in-house brands at what seems to be a significant markdown—but those brands aren't sold anywhere else. Is it a con, or just capitalism as usual?
Vaio PCs Are Returning to the US, at Twice the Price of a Mac
The company is hoping to woo creative professionals away from Apple.
Big Retailers Are Pulling Their Products Off Online Shopping Hopeful Jet.com
Customer exposure is nice, but maybe not when it involves severely undercutting prices.
The Kardashians Are Killing This Woman's Lip-Suctioning Business
After all the bad press from the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge, the creator of Fullips—a lip suctioning device—says fewer people want to buy her product.
Why is McDonald's Losing Money Everywhere but Australia?
Markets in the US, Middle East and the Asia Pacific are all down, but strangely McDonald's profits in Australia are up. We asked why and ate burgers.
Outsold and Unloved in 2014, Can the Xbox One Fight Back?
Microsoft's machine was soundly thrashed by Sony's PS4 last year, so what can it do this year to claw itself back into the game?
Things I Learned as a Shot Girl
Look as sociable as possible. Dilute the shots just a little. And always head straight for the bankers and bachelorette parties.
Can Super Thursday Save the UK's Bookshops?
Or is it just an excuse to flog more trashy celeb autobiographies at Christmas?
Miley Cyrus's Bangerz Tour: When Sex Stops Selling
Her explicit videos have views in the billions, so why can't Miley shift concert tickets?
Watching Humans on Black Friday Is Better Than Most Nature Shows: Why We Get Bloodlust-Crazy Over Holiday Sales
Which weird, rage-inducing evolutionary strings does the Black Friday phenomenon pluck?