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As shoppers rush back to stores after a year in pandemic, retailers such as Walmart, Macy's face new challengesMany retailers are adding fresh new merchandise to welcome back shoppers.- 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games gets $28.7 bn valuation in latest fundingEpic Games has received an additional investment of $200 million from minority shareholder Sony Group, while it also raised funds from inve...
- Stress-baking, gardening, prioritising oneself: Meaning of 'self-care' evolves as isolation creeps inVirtual mental health services are booming, which is another form of self-care.
- Yoga pants built a $48 billion industry that's replacing jeansYoga, first as an exercise and later as a cultural phenomenon (or cliché, depending on your cynicism), had yet to take hold.
- Tech firms like LG, VTech & others turn to kids as adults fail to warm up to smartwatchesThey’re betting that kids may be the ideal market for the gadgets, which can either keep tykes entertained or track their whereabouts.
- Naming the device iPad 3 "would be so predictable", says Apple's Phil SchillerA tablet by any other name not as sweet as iPad. That's the message Apple conveyed when it unveiled the new device, calling it only...iPad.
- Million users flock to rift, Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox feel the heatMicrosoft plans to add voice control that can work both in games and in the Bing search engine on the console this Christmas, Kaltner said.
- US retailers roll out sales as snow threatens EastA snowstorm headed up the East Coast is likely to crimp some plans. Washington, D.C., is expected to get 5 to 8 inches (12.5 to 20 centimet...
- Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow NintendoSony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.
- Android smartphone marks new assault on iPhoneGOOGLE’s development of a mobile phone that uses its Android operating system marks a new push by the company to take on Apple Inc.
- US retailers poised to run early sales blitz amid conflicting omensChristmas arrived early this year for shoppers enjoying another season of price-cutting and aggressive promotions by nervous retailers.
- BlackBerry Curve tops iPhone with US consumers-NPDBlackBerry Curve has moved past Apple's iPhone in the first quarter to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the US. BlackBerry Cu...
- Microsoft's Zune players conk outHappy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead.
- Amazon says 2008 holiday season was 'best ever'Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its "best ever," saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on it...
- Companies joining to push music on memory cardsJust as vinyl once gave way to compact discs as the main physical medium for music, could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized memory ...
- Top dog: Rivalry between Kraft, Sara Lee heats upAmerica's two largest hot dog makers are waging a wiener war as grills fire up this summer, hoping to win over customers and secure the No....
- Safety concerns set to dominate New York toy fairConcerns over product safety will loom large on Sunday when one of the world's largest toy fairs kicks off, after a year in which a series ...
- Consumers, economy crimp US retail store plansThe consumer spending slowdown that began in 2007 is turning into a new store slowdown in 2008. As many US.
- Consumers could face higher toy pricesSomeone is going to have to pay all the extra costs of making toys safer.
- Apple set to unveil large-screen ipods for moviesApple Computer may begin selling full-length Walt Disney films online and introduce a new iPod on which to play them.
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