In August, Privacy Commissioner in Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, expressed major concern over Google’s Street View venture in major Canadian cities.

Nielsen//NetRatings recently released the top brands in terms of unique visitors and time spent on the sites. Microsoft topped the list of parent companies in terms of total unique visitors in August, while FullTiltPoker.com topped the list of stickiest brands for the month.

A study titled “How America Searches: Online Retail” released by iCrossing on Monday is similar to a study conducted by the marketing firm in 2005, and discusses U.S. adult shopping habits.

Spending on travel and merchandise incentives reached $46.1 billion in 2006, according to a new benchmark study by the Incentive Federation.

CoinStar is testing financial services kiosks that let people buy prepaid gift cards or e-certificates with a swipe of their debit card or with cash.

Starting in early October, Starbucks customers will be able to get free music with their mochaccinos as part of a month-long promotion for a new wireless music download partnership between the coffee chain and Apple iTunes.

Langers Juice Co. is pushing an on-pack sweepstakes tied to the DVD release of “Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow.”

The National Retail Federation is predicting that holiday sales will rise 4% this year to $474.5 billion.

For the first time ever, cell phone-only households are more popular than landline-only households, according to the most recent Mediamark Research report titled “The Birth of a Cellular Nation.”

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