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The Most Returned Christmas Gifts: $46 Billion in Clothes, Electronics, and Jewelry Head Back to the Store

The Most Returned Christmas Gifts: $46 Billion in Clothes, Electronics, and Jewelry Head Back to the Store

How much time did you spend picking out that perfect sweater for your sibling? Well, there is a good chance that it's heading back to the store right now. An estimated $46 billion in merchandise will be ... continue
‘Tis the Season for Stealing: The Ten Most Shoplifted Items During the Holidays

‘Tis the Season for Stealing: The Ten Most Shoplifted Items During the Holidays

With throngs of people flooding stores during the holiday season, thieves have the perfect opportunity to slip by unnoticed. So what holiday gifts to crooks fancy the most? Adweek reports that shoplifting is up 6% from 2010 and ... continue
Perfect Christmas Gift: Shoot a Brew Pops Up Beer Cans At You

Perfect Christmas Gift: Shoot a Brew Pops Up Beer Cans At You

Everyone likes a BBQ, but what if you could get your beer flung at you instead of having to take it out of a cooler. The Shoot a Brew Cooler is a cooler that literally flings beers to ... continue
CPSC says Zhu Zhu hamsters are safe, Good Guide apologizes

CPSC says Zhu Zhu hamsters are safe, Good Guide apologizes

The independent product testing group that last week said one of this Christmas' most popular toys (Zhu Zhu Pets, a mechanical hamster) may contain harmful levels of certain toxins is now backpeddling on those claims after the ... continue
Consumer advocacy group says Zhu Zhu hamsters contain toxic chemicals

Consumer advocacy group says Zhu Zhu hamsters contain toxic chemicals

A California consumer safety group says one of the most sought out toys this Christmas may contain unsafe levels of certain toxins. Good Guide, a group that independently tests products for the presence of toxic chemicals, says Zhu ... continue
Christmas Must Have: Statues of Famous People Taking a Dump

Christmas Must Have: Statues of Famous People Taking a Dump

Can't think of what to get that special person in your life? How about embracing new cultures like that of Catalonia where it is Christmas tradition to buy statues of well known people crapping and hide ... continue
For the woman who has everything, a Bling Hammer

For the woman who has everything, a Bling Hammer

I spotted this on a break in Hobart, Tasmania: the Bling Hammer from Hello Dolly. The Bling Hammer includes a neck delightfully encrusted with fake diamonds, and a slogan that says girl power in 2008: "Add some Bling ... continue