bedbugs

The Boogie Man Award of 2010 goes without question to the bedbug, reports of which have been an almost daily occurrence in the national press (WalletPop included). One website that has found sudden fame is Bedbug Registry, a crowd-sourcing site where the public can post about hotels and apartment...

The bedbug scare has given birth to a wide range of devices and treatments that promise to keep these nasties out of your home, or help you eradicate them if they have already arrived. The problem? Some of these products are pure hokum, according to one industry expert. Jeffery White, research...

A vast industry has sprouted up to fight infestation, from bug-sniffing dogs to portable fabric steamers to undercover exterminators. The front lines are jammed with all manner of measures, including pricey and high- and low-tech options.

Abercrombie & Fitch's idealized (and expensive) version of perpetual youth has worn thin among cash-strapped consumers, threatening the company's sales, stock price, and prospects.

New York City has more bedbugs than any other urban area, giving it the dubious distinction of being named the most bedbug infested city in the United States. The Big Apple surpassed Philadelphia, Detroit, Cincinnati and Chicago, according to extermination company Terminix, which compiled the...

Bedbugs are back, and they're worse than ever. While pesticides have kept the pests under control for decades, EPA decisions to ban several classes of chemicals have benefited the bugs. And between lawsuits and pricey eradication, the bloodsuckers are biting Americans in the wallet.

Trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has discovered bedbugs in a second New York City store and closed it Friday. The shuttering of the South Street seaport store follows the closing of A&F's Hollister flagship shop in the city's posh Soho district due to the blood-sucking insects.

Hollister, the popular teen apparel store, has shut its flagship New York store due to a bed bugs infestation. The company, which playfully dubs its male and female customers "dudes" and "bettys", learned of the embarrassing problem earlier this week and shuttered its store at 600 Broadway...

For years, dissatisfied customers have griped that Abercrombie and Fitch bleeds its customers dry; on Wednesday, they were proven literally right when the flagship store of Hollister, the retailer's teen-oriented chain, closed its doors amid evidence of a bedbug infestation.

As if you didn't have enough to worry about, the fine folks at one of the nation's largest pest control companies are warning that bedbugs could be awaiting your arrival at your spring break destination. The nocturnal blood suckers (no, this is not an episode of Twilight masquerading as a blog...