Failed Products
10 Controversial Toys That Won't Be on This Year's Wish Lists
7:00AM 11/18/2010
Shopping, Failed Products, Retail, Holiday Shopping, Family Money
'Tis the season when toys come front-and-center in our consciousness. In the drive to produce thousands of new toys each year, the industry occasionally missteps, producing toys that anger rather than amuse the buying audience.
Here are ten toys that reached the market over the past few years that...
Consumer Outcry: 9 big brand backlashes
6:00AM 11/09/2010
WalletPop takes a look at what happens when good brands make bad moves -- and consumer outcry follows.
Oops! We guess Gap learned the hard way that you don't mess with a good thing. Last month, it unveiled a new "more contemporary, modern expression" (pictured at right) of its much-loved classic...
iRenew balance bracelet stumbles again
8:00AM 10/01/2010
The iRenew balance bracelet, an "energy-correcting" gadget whose advertisers claim it can heal people holistically, is so bogus as to have earned its marketer the lowest rating from the Better Business Bureau.
The group based its grade on dozens of consumer complaints saying the iRenew Bracelet...
AfterShark: Student gets schooled over his Factionist clothing line, but gets a job
1:01AM 1/16/2010
Shopping, Failed Products, Careers, Retail, Video, Saving Money
Last night on Shark Tank, Nate Berkopec, a 19-year-old New York University student originally from Minnesota, dared to take his six-month-old environmentally conscious clothing line, The Factionist, into the Tank.
"It's really easy to do your market research if you are the market," he proclaimed...
Failed product or not? We check out the Might Mendit
The product: Mighty Mendit
The price: Three tubes for $19.99 plus $8.95 for shipping and handling, bringing the total to $28.94.
The claims: Repairs almost any fabric, fast way to fix rips, make hems, leaves no stains
The Buy-o-meter rating: 3...
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