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In the trenches on Black Friday
Out the door at 6:36am on a rainy (what else) Seattle morning, I was already late for the Black Friday sales. Close on 2...

World’s best festive commercials
Forget the Grinch stealing Christmas. This year, it is a cute little penguin called Monty that not only steals the show,...

On the wild side: South African retail
There’s a word for South African (SA) retail: wild (which can be both positive and negative, as I’ll reveal later in thi...

Scary good or just plain scary
If there were an Olympics of shopping, the US would win hands down. This year, American shoppers will spend in excess of...