| More Canadians using fingers, not feet, for Boxing Day bargains
Lineups for Boxing Day sales increased at the keyboard but not at the cash registers as retailers reported a rise in online traffic and restrained shopping madness in their stores across the country Wednesday. In-store Boxing Day sales were expected to decline this year partly as a result of strong pre-Christmas shopping and Canadians' increasing preference for point-and-click purchasing from their computers. The lineups for deals in some locations began in the waning hours of Christmas Day and retailers gleefully trumpeted the allure of their sales. Future Shop said at least two of their Vancouver outlets had lineups that began late Christmas Day and early Wednesday - Boxing Day - Best Buy said there were over 1,000 people waiting for the doors to open in some stores; and Wal-Mart Canada said consumer demand had forced it to keep its stores open 24 hours until Dec.
Taobao.com launches online shopping mall
Taobao.com, China's most popular auction site, will launch a new platform for eligible major domestic and overseas consumer product makers and retailers to sell directly to Chinese buyers.
The new system - to complement the existing public site - has been established to win customers from offline store chains such as Wal-Mart and B&Q.
The Taobao Shopping Mall, to be online in March, will charge retailers based on their transaction volume. The Website, which has beat eBay Inc in China for its free service, is trying to be profitable and pave the way for going public.
"We want to make it a source of quality products for buyers of good taste, like traditional department stores, with guaranteed quality, good compensation policies and more convenient payment methods," an official with Taobao said yesterday.
December 2007
He needs to stay out of dangerous situations like this in the future or he could have end up almost losing his freedom like Jason Williams, almost lost his his career like Sebastian Telfair; or worse, his life like Ben Wilson, a one time top ranked prospect from Chicago who was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people in 1986. This latest incident is just another reminder it's getting a lot scarier out there all the time and there is a growing problem in our society with the increased number of hand guns that are finding their way into the hands of wreckless teenagers who have no qualms using them to settle disputes without thinking about the consequences. .
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This year's incarnation features an animated ghost captain steering the ship that has long since run aground.Aided by a small mechanical engine hidden underneath the wheel, the red-coated skeleton appears to steers wrecked ship. Martin and a friend built the animated contraption from an old wagon wheels and parts from a home improvement store.The captain is a full medical skeleton. No, it's not real human bones, but it's close enough one can't readily tell the difference, particularly when illuminated with special effects lighting.If you get too close, the ghosts let you know you're in dangerous territory. A canon fires shots over your head n sort of. The cannon is hooked up to a motion sensor. When unsuspecting trick or treaters traipse by, the canon booms, red lights flash and smokes billows from the plastic and paper mache barrel.Martin spends a lot of time in home improvements stores looking for bits and pieces that might suit his creative needs n regardless of what the manufacturer intended.For example, he proves that PCV pipe has far more creative applications than just plumbing.
After hours of waiting in lines, deal-seekers swarm stores
Bargain hunters wait for the stores at the Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth Beach to open for "Midnight Madness," one of the state's first Black Friday events. Crowds and full parking lots continued throughout the day at the outlets and other shopping centers across Delaware. (Buy photo) Special to The News Journal/CHUCK SNYDER .
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