Retailers Rush to Adjust to Price-Smart Shoppers

Social networking services Facebook Inc and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company. Google Inc announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion magazine Elle, as well as online apps Tumblr and Evernote were among the half-dozen new apps for Glass unveiled during Google’s annual developer conference in San Francisco.

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Buyer's Remorse I have questioned all these glowing retail sales estimates in light of Buyer's Remorse; Record Volume of Returns Before Christmas; $217 Billion Returns Expected, Up 14%. Retail Sales Not In Alignment With Shipping

By Mike Konczal Jamelle Bouie leads us to an interesting story from MSNBC: "Pricey grocery stores attract skinniest shoppers."

Retail price wars online have entered a new era of speed and precision, creating a confusing landscape for shoppers in which prices leap and plummet on short notice.

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Target Canada has announced it will open 17 of its Ontario stores at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, followed by another four outlets next week on March 28. The company opened three Ontario stores in so-called “soft openings” earlier this month to gauge consumer demand and test logistics systems. The March store openings mark the first wave of the Walmart rival’s 124 store openings in its Canadian debut this year. Here is a list of those slated to open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday March 19: Ajax- Durham centre Aurora – Aurora Shopping Centre

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