From the Facebook's new site redesign to Pandora explaining why it's capping usage, there will be plenty of news moving the markets in the coming days. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street.
Shares of office supply stores Office Depot and OfficeMax soared Tuesday on the strength of merger talks. But what's good for Wall Street may not be good for the stores' customers.
Experts compare the cost of common office supplies at big box retailers.
Amazon has been rolling out a fleet of lockers for its customers since late last year -- a way to buy from the online retail king without having your item shipped to your home. Now, in an unexpected partnership, it's about install some of those locker banks inside Staples stores.
A Massachusetts judge on Thursday granted a request to unseal testimony by Mitt Romney in the decades-old divorce of Staples founder Tom Stemberg. Maureen Sullivan Stemberg sued her husband in 1990, arguing that he had failed to reveal the true value of Staples stock in their property settlement agreement.
It happened to Borders. It happened to Circuit City. Don't be surprised if it happens to one of the three major office supply stores before long. Here's why.
It once seemed that Staples and other office supply stores were largely immune from Amazon's competition, with local advantages that the online superstore couldn't match. Now, however, Staples finds itself putting together a battle plan against Bezos & Co.
For years, Barack Obama's critics have positioned him as the scourge of big business. Last week, however, the co-founder of one of America's biggest companies, Costco, offered a strong rebuttal to the Obama-as-villain argument.
Shoppers often leap at opportunities to snatch up bargains or freebies. And companies are banking on that impulse in light of Leap Day, which comes but once every four years. Here's a handful of the leap year promotions you'll find today.
Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the Wall Street week that lies ahead: A host of retailers are reporting earnings; we'll see how Disney's 24 Leap Day event plays out; a test for homemade soda; and a wake-up call for DreamWorks.
Watch out, Cyber Monday: Green Monday is gaining traction with shoppers. Consumers flexed their thumb-shopping muscles on Dec. 12, Green Monday -- the second Monday in December that's become another big day for online holiday shopping.
U.S. online shopping increased to $111 billion in the first half after the first-ever drop in Internet shopping last year. The data suggests online retailers are probably taking market share from traditional brick-and-mortar stores.
A lot of people thought photo prints might go the way of the dodo once digital cameras became popular. But it seems people still want something to hold onto, press into a scrapbook or stuff in a shoebox. Still, times sure have changed since those little Fotomat kiosks used to dot our shopping center parking lots. So where can you find the best photo print bargains? We'll get the picture in this week's Savings Experiment.
