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

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 their holiday season shopping due to poor economic conditions, ...

Woman accused of pepper-spraying shoppers surrenders

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 Saturday.The woman, who was not publicly identified, ...

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

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 offers and promotions, but shoppers on skimpy budgets want to wait it out or check with value ...

Blast in Istanbul, police say at least one casualty

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 ...

London tops world cities spending league: study

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 Center for Retail Research.The study, commissioned by online shopping ...

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

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, SpendingPulse said on Thursday."Today eCommerce ...

German retailers see sales upturn extending into 2011

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 said ...

Retailers hope big Saturday will clinch season

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

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 Microsoft Corp's Kinect system as the holiday shopping season takes ...

Microsoft says sells 1 million Kinect devices

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 sales by ...
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