Go Ask Alice.com
Long the domain of book and music retailers, online shopping hasn’t really caught on with the toilet paper and laundry detergent crowd. Alice.com, a new site that lets the manufacturers of many popular consumer packaged goods sell directly to customers, hopes to change that.
Manufacturers have been feeling the profit-pinch lately, both from recession-weary consumers and [...]
Rent Textbooks, Save Money
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Ask any college student, and they will likely agree that one of their biggest expenses each semester is the cost of buying textbooks. Professors notoriously like to teach the most cutting-edge theories, and publishers are more than happy to produce new editions of the same books almost annually. The result? Rising textbook costs, [...]
Starbucks – Affordable Luxury?
Starbucks. For some, the word conjures up images of comfy chairs, smiling baristas and steaming lattes. For others, especially given the current economic conditions, it screams “overpriced,” “corporate greed” and “waste of money.” Over the years, Starbucks has worked hard to move its unique culture further into the mainstream (remember to call a “small” a [...]
Who Moved My O.J.?
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The past few trips to the supermarket, I’d seemingly noticed a shortage of my favorite brand of orange juice, Tropicana’s Pure Premium (pulp free, of course), and an increase in the number of generic store brands for sale. Without giving it too much thought, I assumed the recession had made it difficult for [...]
So Much Money, So Little Time
This article from the Wall Street Journal examines a growing trend of states inviting residents to submit suggestions on how to spend nearly $800 billion in stimulus funds. While some suggestions may have merit, such as expanding a transit line in Virginia, others border on excessive and selfish. Two items stood out:
Ohio expects to receive [...]
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