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When Black Friday rolls around this year, consumers will have plenty of support in hunting for discounts. Since the 2009 holiday season, the number of shopping apps available for the iPhone alone has grown 43 percent, to more than 700, according to mobile advertising company Mob clix. Because 93 percent of sales still happen in …

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There are so many fashion sales this fall that even a big sale might not be the best deal, says Cheryl Holland Bridges, the director of the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A M University in College Station, Texas. Online shoppers can easily compare styles and prices of outlet items against those currently in …

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When Black Friday rolls around this year, consumers will have plenty of support in hunting for discounts. Since the 2009 holiday season, the number of shopping apps available for the iPhone alone has grown 43 percent, to more than 700, according to mobile advertising company Mob clix. Because 93 percent of sales still happen in …

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There are so many fashion sales this fall that even a big sale might not be the best deal, says Cheryl Holland Bridges, the director of the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A M University in College Station, Texas. Online shoppers can easily compare styles and prices of outlet items against those currently in …

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Jose Gomez Marquez can sometimes be spotted in elec tronics outlets near his home in Cambridge, Mass., using his iPhone to methodically photograph items on the shelves. He s taking pictures of barcodes, so he can use a mobile phone application called ShopSavvy. Once he s taken the photo, the app searches a database of …

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It s the new paradox for the American shopper Just when buying online has become second nature for most consumers, retailers are shaking up the way they sell, now increasingly using the Internet to lure them back to Main Street or the mall. Electronic coupons, long a ho hum corner of the e commerce world, …