Economy / Tags / Shoppers

ECONOMY Sun Aug 10, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ATLANTA (AP) -- Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies -- and depriving states of much-needed revenue. The tax h.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Jul 2, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Would you pay over $5 for all-natural cleaner made with eucalyptus essence? How about a 20% premium for paper towels made from 100% unbleached recycled paper? Shoppers are often asked to pay more for environmentally friendly goods, but they might want to.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jun 24, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- After the prices of wheat and eggs soared during the past year, supermarket shoppers now find they're spending an extra quarter for each pound of pasta. Four sticks of margarine cost an extra 60%. Even the cold glass at the frozen food section has become.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri May 30, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Luxury goods makers are hoping to weather a consumption slowdown in the United States and Japan, their two biggest markets, with the help of shoppers in emerging economies and super-rich clients who do not feel the economic pinch. Indu.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu May 15, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers have been lugging ever-larger products to their ever-bigger cars for years. Now, more of them are feeling so pinched by the sagging economy that they are embracing a new behavior: buying a little at a time. From meat to mustard,.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Forced to pay for once-free sandwich toppings and twice as much for some steak cuts, shoppers are wondering whether higher grocery bills and restaurant tabs truly reflect the trickle down of a global rise in food prices. Veronica Banks.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Here's a sign of how shaky the economy has become: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basic items -- pasta sauce, diapers, laundry detergent -- instead of iPods or DVDs. Merchants had hoped shoppers arm.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Here's a sign of how shaky the economy has become: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basic items -- pasta sauce, diapers, laundry detergent -- instead of iPods or DVDs. Merchants had hoped shoppers arm.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Jan 28, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- It's hard to feel sorry for well-heeled shoppers whose idea of tough economic times is passing on $1,000 Burberry raincoats or that $300 limo ride while the working poor skimp on vegetables and take the bus. But economists say that recen.. Read More