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This spring, Girl Scout Cookies are once again selling in one of the hottest retail formats: pop-up stores. These are temporary stores designed to drum up buzz for a retailer (popularized by stores like Target). They appear for a limited time -- say, Girl Scout cookie season -- and just as...

An advertiser that monitored online activities of consumers even after they'd opted out of its tracking system agreed to stop after settling allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that accused it of deceptive practices. Chitika Inc., which acts as a middleman between websites and advertisers,...

Liz Lovely Inc. of Vermont has recalled some of its dairy- and gluten-free cookies and pretzels because the chocolate used in them contained milk, the vegan cookie company said through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Consumers who have milk allergies risk potentially life-threatening...

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) may make a £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) bid for the biscuit-making unit of British company United Biscuits. Campbell is interested in the biscuit business, which makes up around three quarters of the company, and is less keen on United Biscuits' snack unit, Reuters...

Today only! Get a free bag of Chips Ahoy cookies when you do four things: friend Nabisco Cookies on Facebook, print a coupon off the Cookies and Milk tab, buy a gallon of milk and one package of Chips Ahoy! The second bag of cookies will be free. This deal saves you about 31% off your purchase...

If you couldn't resist buying a box or two of Thin Mints or Samoas (both are favorites in my house) from a Girl Scout recently, don't feel bad. These pint-sized dynamos have honed sales skills that rival those of some of the most savvy adult professionals. If fact, some Scouts sell thousands of...

No one likes tossing out cookies, but privacy gurus say clearing them off your hard drive is one of the best ways to protect your ID from falling into the hands of online thieves. But if Adobe Systems has anything to do about it, keeping your browser's cupboard free of cookie crumbs is going to...

Would you believe that a cookie, a single cookie, could make your Christmas shopping cost more? That's right, and this cookie, well it doesn't win an award for taste, it isn't ginormous and it doesn't even have gold speckles in it. It's just a small file on your computer that tracks where you...

Do you think that your activity on the Web is protected and anonymous? If so, you might be surprised to learn that Google (GOOG) has a new feature that nicely analyzes all your searches for the last few years -- possibly coupled with details about the people in your address book and your online...

After two workers at Betty Crocker discovered that they needed to switch to a gluten-free diet, the popular baked goods manufacturer started a long and tricky quest to produce gluten-free desserts, on the reasoning that no one should ever have to go without a birthday cake. The Wall Street Journal...