Shopping News

Menlo Park - Looking to make the online shopping experience more efficient, cheaper and faster? The Mavatar Technologies’ application and add-on tries to make the holiday and birthday shopping a little bit easier for you.

Sydney - Christmas trees come in two basic kinds. Some people buy cheap plastic trees, but somehow it just doesn’t even come close to the look, feel and smell of a real Christmas tree.

Springfield - Springfield police in Massachusetts say that a man, who went bargain hunting for a 51" flat screen television at K-Mart, left behind his toddler in the backseat of the vehicle. Police broke into the car and took the boy to the hospital.

Hilton Head Island - This three-day weekend is a time for honoring workers and is often celebrated by doing anything but work. Americans often go shopping, go to the beach, and have meals together, and such was the case on the Carolina coast.

Denmark's Wantr is bringing comparison shopping to the visual pinboard craze. While options like Pinterest, Lover.ly, Wanelo, and Gentlemint offer plenty of pinning opportunities, Wantr is the first to a bring comparison shopping angle to pinned images.

Facial recognition just got real as Redpepper begins testing its product on the public through business to consumer deals.

Saratoga Springs - A woman in Saratoga Springs, New York, went shopping in her birthday suit Tuesday. Barbara Lafleur was caught on security camera walking casually through the aisles in two shops. According to DA James Murphy, she said she was "expressing her freedom."

Flash sale site and 500 Startups participant Uscoop today announced the launch of their new full price preppy site, Tuckernuck.

The French government may introduce a law making it obligatory for lighting in shops and public buildings to be switched off during the early morning hours.

A yacht, a Ferrari, a pasta maker, and underwear are some of the items on celebrity Christmas gift wish lists this year. At least one star wants four more years, while another star hopes for a little respect.