MARKETING

Daily deal site Groupon is being threatened by Google Wallet and Google Offers, services that combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.

While a number of publishers have spoken of solutions to growing losses in readership and advertising revenue without widespread success, Next Issue Media is placing a rather large bet on the future. The joint venture, which includes Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc, has shown to be methodical in its approach to creating its digital product. When Next Issue Media was established nearly 18 months ago, the company provided few details about its business strategy.

Warm weather in key European markets and the Easter holiday helped Swedish budget fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz AB post its biggest rise in sales in eight months in April.

Magnificent Hawaii private residence will have an opening bid of $9.5 million

U.S. shoppers are making fewer shopping trips, eating out less, and skimping even on groceries to rein in household budgets amid rising gasoline prices, a survey showed.

Sales at U.S. retailers posted their smallest gain in nine months in April as high food and gasoline prices drew spending away from other areas, but upward revisions to March's data suggested consumer spending in the first quarter might have been stronger than initially thought.

Will Smith has parked his two luxury trailers on the street of lower Manhattan where he is currently filming his upcoming movie “Men in Black III,” with his $25k per month rental only a few blocks away.

Morrell & Company Fine Wine Auctions are offering the contents of Bernie Madoff's wine cellar on behalf of the United States Marshals office

Business leaders are looking for a new edge. Their companies may be just barely alive, having made cuts they never thought they would have to make. The workers have been beaten down and overworked. The energy, the buzz, and satisfaction are dead. Why not turn to Internal Franchise, advises management consultant and author Martin O’Neill.

There may be no getting around the higher costs of travel – whether by car, train, or plane. You need to focus on all the other expense items of your vacation for opportunities to save.

Louis Vuitton Maintains Position as Top Luxury Brand

Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown.

George Speranza, the operator of a marketing company that created and published Internet websites, has pleaded guilty to a perjury charge and admitted that he gave false testimony before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC's investigation of Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc.

Chosen by millions of travelers, Hong Knong is also the only Asian city to make it to the 10 best destinations worldwide in the 2011 Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards by TripAdvisor.

Faltering economic growth and edginess about the impact of costly oil fueled a fourth day of aggressive selling across commodities as Brent crude headed to its biggest weekly fall in a year while silver extended an historic slide.

South Korean police said on Tuesday they had raided Google Inc's Seoul office on suspicions the Internet search firm's mobile advertising unit AdMob had illegally collected data, the latest setback to its operations in the country.

Makers of soap, diapers and other household products are spending much more for fuel and raw materials than expected, which means more price increases are on the way for consumers.

Even vending machines have become social, thanks to Pepsi's latest invention.

Grand Estates Auction Co., a leading luxury real estate auction firm, is offering a well-appointed, custom built estate in the picturesque mountain town of Whitefish, MT, overlooking Glacier National Park.

Amazon.com, reported a drop in profit for the first quarter as its investment in new businesses ate into earnings, but the online retailer's revenue forecast beat Wall Street expectations.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose more than expected in March, a trade group said on Wednesday, raising cautious optimism a recovery may be in sight for the housing market.