Nintendo: 3DS gets boost from Mario, at least in Japan

2011-12-06T20:00:15Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sales of Nintendo Co Ltd's 3DS games device will hit 3 million units in the Japanese market within days, but consumers in the U.S. and Europe seem to be delaying...

Woman accused of pepper-spraying shoppers surrenders

2011-11-26T12:00:11Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman suspected of dousing fellow Walmart shoppers with pepper spray during a Black Friday eve bargain frenzy in suburban Los Angeles has turned herself in to authorities, police said on Sa...

Frugal is in: deals to drive back-to-school shopping for clothes

2011-07-19T10:30:34Z

BANGALORE (Reuters) - For young Americans, frugal dressing is in this back-to-school season.

Retailers like Abercombie & Fitch , Aeropostale and Zumiez may be showing off o...

Blast in Istanbul, police say at least one casualty

2011-05-25T23:30:18Z

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A loud blast was heard in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Thursday, witnesses said. Police told Reuters that there was at least one casualty.

The blast was located in Etiler, a residential and shopping district in the city. The cause of the blast was not known.

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London tops world cities spending league: study

2011-02-16T16:30:18Z

LONDON (Reuters) - London beat Tokyo, New York and Paris to be the highest grossing city for retail sales in 2010, according to a study of 22 major worldwide shopping destinations by Britain's

Online U.S. holiday sales up 15.4 percent: report

2010-12-24T07:00:15Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. online shopping rose 15.4 percent to $36.4 billion for the holiday shopping season, a MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report showed.

Online sales registered double-digit growth in six out of seven weeks since October 31, SpendingPul...

German retailers see sales upturn extending into 2011

2010-12-23T07:00:18Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - German retailers expect the strong growth in sales during the Christmas shopping season to be extended into 2011 because underlying conditions are good, a leader of the HDE retail industry association said on Thursday.

HDE managing director Stefan Genth

Retailers hope big Saturday will clinch season

2010-12-18T05:00:12Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nora Fresse is just the type of shopper retailers hope will help them seal the best holiday shopping season in three years this weekend.

"I haven't done any, actually," Fresse said this week at a Kohl's Corp department store in ...

Sony sells 4.1 million Move systems

2010-11-30T10:00:55Z

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Tuesday that it had sold 4.1 million of its Move motion-sensing game controllers worldwide in the two months since launch, putting it ahead of rival SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it has sold more than 1 million of its new hands-free Kinect gaming systems in the first 10 days since launch, putting it on track to beat its target of 5 million sal...

Thai troops move in on "red shirts," firing in air

2010-04-10T03:15:19Z

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai troops fired in the air above thousands of "red shirt" protesters Saturday in the biggest confrontation in the month-long opposition campaign for new elections, a Reuters photographer said.

Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said troops had been ordered to "reclaim" the

U.S. online spending up 4 pct in Nov-Dec.: comScore

2010-04-16T07:52:01Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. online spending rose 4 percent to $29.1 billion in November and December with sales showing particular vigor over the Black Friday weekend and the week leading up to Christmas, according to data released on Wednesday by comScore.

The performance beat comScore's expectations and...

Fewer consumers finish holiday buying: survey

2010-09-15T14:41:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An unprecedented 22 percent of U.S. consumers said they did not finish their Christmas shopping this year as fewer discounts kept many wallets closed, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

While nearly 63 percent said bigger deals were needed to loosen their purse strings, about 11 per...

Consumers in no rush for holiday shopping: U.S. survey

2010-04-16T08:24:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) -- Two-thirds of U.S. consumers have yet to finish their holiday shopping, and 41 percent expect to finish at least a week prior to Christmas, according to a new survey.

One-fourth of consumers will be shopping the week leading into Christmas, including Christmas Eve, according to the first annual

Most Americans not confident about financial future

2010-06-12T05:36:27Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - There may be small glimmers of hope in the economy but most Americans are not confident about their financial future and many think they are already poor, according to a new survey.

More than 70 percent of Americans questioned in a Zogby International poll said they could imagine becoming poor or already think t...

Garage sales booming as recession grinds on

2010-04-16T10:50:04Z

GILBERT, Arizona (Reuters) - Cathy and Malcolm Robbins have held garage sales before at their home in suburban Phoenix. But this time it is not about getting rid of clutter, it's about survival.

A trained nurse, Cathy is unemp...

Wikileaks Berkeley

2010-12-14T22:31:11Z

Beverly Dove holds a sign as she speaks during a city council meeting in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The council in this famously liberal city is considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier at the center of the

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