MARKETING

Stores in Colorado have opted to lock up their Tide products as well as have undercover security guards patrol detergent aisles to combat organized retail crime rings from stealing their inventory.

Groupon has ended all promotions for gun-related offers just over a month after the mass shooting in Newton, Conn., late last year.

French beauty giant is spending $184 million to create special recipes for attracting Indian consumers seeking to be attractive.

A rare baseball card from 1865 is about to hit the auction market, and bids are expected to reach as high as $100,000 for the card.

Herbalife, which sells weight management and skincare products, is being denounced as a pyramid scheme by Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager. Ackman claims Herbalife’s goal is not to sell products but getting individuals duped into selling business opportunities to their friends who, in turn, sell it to their friends.

It's almost 2013 and many stores are having New Year's Day sales in stores and online.

A guide to the best deals and discounts for after-Christmas sales.

Valve has launched its annual Steam Holiday sale. This means that new titles will be available at discounted prices throughout the holiday season until Jan. 5.

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) said it plans to acquire Eloqua (NASDAQ:ELOQ), a developer of marketing products for the cloud.

Olivia Black was fired from "Pawn Stars" after nude photos during her days as a porn star circulated on the Internet.

Nielsen is partnering with Twitter to create a new media metric service known as the Nielsen Twitter TV Rating.

Free Shipping Day 2012 will be celebrated on Monday, with deals, discounts and free shipping offered by many e-retailers and stores.

Influitive, the latest venture of Canadian entrepreneur Mark Organ, raised $7.3 million in new venture capital.

The best deals and discounts for online holiday shopping on Green Monday 2012.

From “superstorms” to mega disasters, 2012 was, by all accounts, an eventful year. More than 1 billion people traveled - led by the ramp-up in Chinese tourists.

Beginnning Dec. 13, loud commercials will cease to exist. That's when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will start enforcing in earnest the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM Act, enacted in 2010.

According to J.D. Power and Associates, consumers love using independent websites to make their travel plans and are very satisfied with the prices.

Minister says gov't has the votes to prevent a showdown on allowing the likes of Wal-Mart and IKEA into subcontinent.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Knight Capital Group, Costco Wholesale, Freeport-McMoRan Copper, Groupon, Dynavax Technologies, Weatherford International and Deutsche Bank AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

The migration of shopping to virtual storefronts was in full display on “Cyber Monday,” the biggest online shopping sale day of the year.

While virtually scouring the web for deals on Cyber Monday 2012, shoppers should stay alert for hackers and scams while shopping online for bargains.