Sears.com accidentally sold 16GB iPads for $69 on its site last week, according to CNN. And one customer said she was shocked when Sears cancelled the order after it was approved and confirmed by the merchant and by PayPal. If you were the merchant ...
It's July, and it's really, really hot outside. Yeah, yeah, I know this isn't exactly a newsflash to anyone. But I feel like someone should tap some of the major restaurant chains on the shoulder and remind them that when it is hot out, people don't ...
Are you a man living with PMS? It
I wrote last week about Waffle House's QR code faux pas. Now I've got to write about a positive experience. I was at a family gathering in Virginia this weekend and decided I wasn't going to put work in the way. Then we all went to breakfast at a ...
Brands can line up all the tools they want to give themselves an edge in social media. But sometimes the lesson is that no matter how much you spend, you can
Quidsi's public relations people sent me an embargoed press release so, so long ago about the launch of its newest ecommerce site, Wag.com, that I forgot all about it until I fed my dogs this morning. According to their press release (which was ...
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AARP has become the latest entity to offer music on its website, www.aarp.org, apparently in an attempt to interest their members in newer technology usually used by younger people. Last month, the venerable organization launched its free Internet ...
Many folks are looking for beach reading options, so it is no surprise that my inbox this week is full of messages from marketers wanting to be the purveyors of my own personal summer book club. Barnes & Noble sent a great message highlighting what's ...
I have to give Waffle House credit for getting on board with QR codes. But I have to groan at its execution. Waffle House put a QR code in its Facebook photo album a few days ago. The problem is, very few of its followers knew what the heck it was. ...
