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The clever ones threw a few limes and ears of corn into a shoulder bag and walked along pretending to be shoppers themselves.

The Basingstoke store illustrates some of the ways used to get shoppers' hands to wobble in the direction of a particular product.

For poorer shoppers trying to stretch their food budgets as far as they will go, such concerns may seem a bit abstract.

So far, GoodGuide has mostly been used by shoppers who are already keen to know about any issues connected with products they buy.

Large numbers of shoppers attempt to log on to the retailer's site to take advantage of the door-crasher specials.

Although few Americans recognize the name, there's a chance that the name could become more familiar to shoppers over the next five years.

These shoppers say the desire to dress like the stars without having to pay top prices is possible with patience and a little luck.

How much time shoppers spend in each section of the store?

"We want to see packaging innovation and advice to help shoppers make positive choices and the best use of the food they buy, " she said.

Shoppers who see special offers on their favourite products in the supermarket react as if they were watching pornography or erotic images.

On either side of my Beijing apartment building are three big malls that hardly ever seem to see real shoppers.

Among the crowed of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place.

Many online retailers saw a jump in orders, as shoppers unable to leave their homes turned to their computers to make purchases.

He said his market research found that ShopRunner would appeal to shoppers who buy at least eight times a year at participating retailers.

For the shoppers, the new tool can check average sold price to determine how much they should expect to pay for a product.

Attention, shoppers: Don't start your shopping just as we're closing. We just want to leave. It's been a long day.

For a week in October shoppers were treated to a very different kind of store assistant.

It was one of the last days before Christmas, and the assistants in the large store had their hands full serving eager Christmas shoppers.

And when his daddy said yes, danced around the store with Wolstencroft, almost colliding with other shoppers as he did so.

This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.

He rejected calls for a bag ban or charges, which could penalise shoppers at a time of financial hardship.

Holiday shoppers with a tablet computer on their gift list this year might be forgiven for feeling a little panicked.

Spector said small businesses give shoppers a place to quickly and easily get in and out with what they want.

Fewer lower-income shoppers have access to the sort of credit they once did, and many can't afford big purchases outright.

We asked shoppers in a Chicago mall if they would prefer $100 in a year's time or $102 in a year and a day.

More shoppers are joining the campaign, meaning more plastic bags that used to be in rampant use are now lying unused at the checkout.

Sad to say, though, that while gift-giving is still an integral part of the holidays, you don't see many contented shoppers.

Yet even if shoppers are out in force, their purse strings are likely to be tightened by rising unemployment.

Shoppers get a superior end user experience, and retailers are consequently able to realize higher revenue during operational procedures.

The company has opened Publix Sabor stores in south Florida, seeking to attract shoppers from its large Hispanic and Caribbean populations.

The department store was crowded with shoppers, so Joey kept walking into people as he tried to get to a restroom.

Wal-Mart's construction of a sophisticated network could prove expensive if it fails to attract local shoppers.

My fellow shoppers are a cross-section of ages, races, and economic classes; the only thing I don't see is someone in a business suit.

She said she hid in a dressing room with four other shoppers and an employee.

They were certainly out in force after Christmas, when retailers reported a surge in the number of shoppers.

'It allows shoppers the opportunity to walk away with a number of real, full-size products of their choosing without handing over a penny. '

In Spain, a country with a more pressing need to cut back, only a fifth of shoppers said they were spending less on food and drink.

Lunar month commonly known as chrysanthemum month, festivals chrysanthemum congress, shoppers turned some chrysanthemum appreciation.

Those shoppers are the whales of the $140 billion U. S. e-commerce market, one of the fastest-growing parts of U. S. retail.

Picking up the cost of overhead, and gambling that shoppers would patronize a store with only one company's products, was considered risky.

Feverish speculation all over the internet, gadget shoppers nearing mass hysteria and pundits predicting our lives will never be the same.

What Taobao websites offer is similar to what eBay offered to online shoppers in the 90s, he said.

Many commercial and other organization Web sites provide this kind of support for shoppers who may or may not know exactly what they want.

August's figures continue a trend that began in April of shoppers holding back; it's expected to continue at least through December.

This allows you to apply any terms that apply to all customers within the store, including guest shoppers, in one contract.

Shoppers interviewed across the country by Reuters over the weekend said they were lured by bargains, but would stick to pared-down budgets.

The store was always filled with shoppers buying all sorts of things, but no one ever seemed to want a small bear in green overalls.

In the last few years, fashion has gradually opened itself up to ordinary shoppers.

Shoppers banged me in the back of my knees with their baskets, pressed against me, shoved in front of me, and made me sweat.

While those words still resonate with many farmers and shoppers today, however, they were drowned out for decades by famine.

The company says the scheme is voluntary and intended to help shoppers choose the right size for their purchases.

Research into shopping behavior ranks online buying as one of the channels most likely to attract compulsive shoppers .

Shoppers who choose this during checkout can specify the name and email address of a recipient.

The biggest and most attractive centres, however, would not suffer so much as they would still attract shoppers.

Shoppers in China and Brazil are trading up to foreign brands, making up for some of the new frugality in the West.

As the shoppers came out, we would offer to take home their bags for a small tip .

Shoppers continued to shun the high street in March, according to the "FootFall" index compiled by Experian, a consumer-research firm.

Sony is cautioning that the next few monthswill be tough for PS3 shoppers as the company tries to get moreconsoles on store shelves.

In the U. S. , Google is adjusting its Google Product Search Feed to help make the search portal more useful for online shoppers.

It had plenty of Chinese shoppers ahead of the new-year period, the story said.

Analysts predict that this will vary widely, depending among other things on how rich the shoppers are and what they are buying.

In Ludlow market, shoppers declared that they did not care how large new constituencies were, if a smaller House of Commons saved money.

Stores are counting on hordes of shoppers who have been pulling back in recent months amid a challenging economy to snap up bargains.

Giant Eagle has rebranded two of its stores as Market District , an attempt to woo upscale shoppers.

Yet between them the village shopkeepers and the yuppie shoppers are changing the economies of both their home countries and the globe.

In interviews at a Wal-Mart in Beijing, a number of shoppers said they were unfazed by the retailer's tangle with authorities in Chongqing.

That leaves it fairly valued for now as investors and shoppers wait to see which way the economic tide will turn.

The milk is not being labeled or identified in any way, leaving shoppers in the dark about what they are drinking.

He said shoppers were buying up salt amid concerns of a local shortage due to the demand in China.

In April, Walmart began allowing shoppers to order merchandise online and pay for it with cash at a store when they picked it up.

Some shoppers are waiting to see how the economy does under the new administration.

The American consumer is faltering, British shoppers are heavily in debt and anxious Germans are unlikely to take up the slack.

The won has also weakened significantly versus the yen, helping to keep Japanese tourists among the top foreign shoppers in the country.

When they questioned shoppers, researchers found that there was widespread dissatisfaction with the face-to-face experience whilst shopping.

he yelled to loud cheers from his fellow marchers and silent stares from shoppers who paused to watch the procession.

Chetty's team confirmed this with a survey: shoppers knew of the existence of the sales tax and most of them knew its level.

SHAREHOLDERS of Carrefour, a French retailer, must feel as bewildered as shoppers lost in one of its giant stores.

Sure, it could be the fact that everything is just different and return shoppers aren't as comfortable with the new design.

to this end , it has developed two retail brands designed to meet the needs of shoppers in towns , neighbourhoods and villages.

Almost 70 percent of U. S. shoppers bought at least one organic product over a three-month period.

The U. S. economy expanded less than economists forecast in the second quarter as shoppers retrenched.

Bad news for the high street has become good news for the bank balances of UK shoppers this Christmas!

Walking aimlessly up and down the aisles will encourage shoppers to pick up extra items like cookies and other munchies .

Car shoppers today can pick metal flake blue, fire-engine red, or any of a dozen other colours, with interiors to match.

Higher food prices aren't hurting Kroger so far -- the grocery chain has managed to pass along higher costs to shoppers.

There are a few zombies at the mall when the refugees arrive, staggering about aimlessly in a fashion familiar to Christmas shoppers.

The sudden halt means new-car showrooms are likely to be flooded by last-minute shoppers over the weekend. Dealers have until 8 p. m.

Recently we asked some shoppers at the big Potomac Mills Mall , south of Washington, D . C . , how the economy is affecting their lives .

The operator of this mall has increased Chinese speaking staff to help the shoppers, it said.

With patience, persistence, and sometimes professional help, compulsive shoppers can get their lives back in control.

The clearest manifestation, of course, is in the greater purchasing power of US-bound tourists and shoppers.

In a grocery store containing thousands of different items, a product must capture the shoppers' attention.

Shoppers noticed her in stores and people stared as she walked through the streets.

Shoppers told us they believe food safety violations should be resolved in a more effective and timely manner.

In the Ranjiaba district of Chongqing, shoppers push their trolleys around a Wal-Mart supercentre, the company's third store in the city.

For shoppers the greatest attraction are the traditional souks and historical sites of both Ajman and Sharjah.

British, European, Japanese and Canadian shoppers are swooping on New York to take advantage of the favourable exchange rate.

Sales fell because Gap failed to lure enough shoppers to its low-priced apparel.

Shoppers got into a scrum round the bargain counter.

Christmas markets light up the Old Town in Warsaw, Poland, bustling with shoppers enjoying the festive atmosphere.

Smart shoppers anticipate the need for a new car and begin looking at what's available long before they actually need a new car.

That would be an enormous drop, and it almost sounds too good (for shoppers) to be true.

Competition for customers is fierce, and shoppers tend to be highly price-conscious, making it hard to increase margins.

His brain-scan studies show how the feelgood-chemical dopamine is released in waves as shoppers see a product and ponder buying it.

They are in the same position as a retailer that forces shoppers to sign disclaimers of their right to return faulty goods .

Shoppers' preference for less expensive and store-branded products is going global with the deepening recession.

Ultra-rich shoppers make most of their purchases in Europe or the U. S. for social cachet, wider selection and better prices.

If I were on the Cashback team, I'd be pushing to make this service as useful as possible for shoppers.

Compulsive shoppers sometimes suffer from depression or bipolar disorder, which can be diagnosed and treated with counseling.

To keep potential shoppers from driving off, malls across the country are deploying technology to help shoppers find a desirable spot.

The changing appetites of Asian shoppers have driven share prices of luxury groups up and down during the course of 2011.

Duke says loyalty and credit card programs are expensive to run and Wal-Mart wants to give low prices to all shoppers.

So we have store detectives, who walk around the shop like ordinary shoppers, otherwise they'll be recognized.

The figures showed shoppers continuing to favour lower-price retailers as they face uncertainties over unemployment and tighter credit.

Shoppers usually travel only a few kilometres from home or work to compare prices.

During key sales events, high-volume WebSphere Commerce sites can experience up to 10, 000 concurrent shoppers browsing and placing orders.

Her wish list includes carts with built-in seats so weary shoppers can take a rest. Some supermarkets in Europe already use those.

They created a special roped off zone for sitting, allowing more tables to be open for shoppers who wanted warm tilapia, not hot dates.

A few problems that shoppers potentially face include identity theft, faulty products, and the accumulation of spyware.

Usually Menzoberranzan's shoppers welcomed such bargaining as the sport that it was.

Products being pulled off shelves, authorities running to investigations , some shoppers protesting, all over has to with meat.

Marketers routinely track shoppers as they make their way around supermarkets and listen in on their conversations at the counter.

Ms. Denholtz says the store has had several experiences with shamefaced shoppers like this recently.

According to a report by PwC, a consultancy, 93% of shoppers say they have changed their behaviour as a result of the economic downturn.

In a market near Dongmen, a Mecca for discount and wholesale shoppers, a customer asking for dog meat is told to go upstairs.

A small, informal test with employees, friends, or actual shoppers can tell you whether your warranty is clear.

And food's a major expense. So a lot of shoppers try to keep a mental tally of what they toss into the cart as they go along.

Shoppers can pick up a Finnlife structure complete with five rooms and a 'handy upstairs storage area'.

And shoppers at the new Shanghai store seem happy to be treated like their international counterparts.

With the economy down, shoppers are thinking carefully before making holiday purchases and looking for the best values.

But September's reasonable spending pace showed the crisis of confidence might not keep shoppers out of stores.

"Ninety-nine per cent of high-end bricks and mortar shoppers are high-end web shoppers as well, " says Mr Taylor.

And even offering additional services may not be enough to win some shoppers for whom price trumps all.

Where the snowstorms were not a factor, stores prepared for a wave of shoppers using gift cards.

In Burberry's London stores, for instance, Chinese shoppers accounted for 30% of sales, the company said.

Presenting products in an artistic and engaging manner can grab the attention of window shoppers and turn them into customers.

It was piloted from April 20th, with a huge response from shoppers travelling from the mainland, especially in this May Day holiday.

now, in the evenings, the city streets throng with shoppers and families out for ice cream.

The survey found that higher-calorie, energy-dense foods are the better bargain for cash-strapped shoppers.

He tried to palm off the worthless watches on some shoppers.

The chance encounter of these two holidays has sparked an amazing discount season for shoppers.

In contrast, the report showed that more than 50 percent of teen shoppers were able to purchase R-rated and unrated DVDs.

It can be clunky, but shoppers will get used to it as smartphone penetration increases.

There's also the danger that they'll lose the money at online stores because some of them just want to cheap shoppers.

China's hottest homegrown designers are about to gain more attention and possibly more money from shoppers on the Web.

Shoppers look at empty shelves at a supermarket in Beijing after salt sold out on Thursday, March 17.

That has steadily pushed down Chinese consumption as a percentage of GDP even as shoppers flood supermarkets, malls and car showrooms.

In a depressing note of austerity , Mr Sutherland surmised that shoppers were abandoning restaurants and staying home on the sofa .

The report explains that some retailers are presently studying ways to gather and process data from shoppers as they flow through stores.

It's likely the virtual mart will alter our traditional belief in shopping, since shoppers may rearrange their shopping lists as they wish.

Every morning, hundreds of shoppers descend on the open-air fruit and vegetable market near the Workers' Stadium in central Beijing.

Hour-long queues at the tills that snaked around the store were putting many shoppers off.

Shoppers were to be treated like guests.

To this end, the recording devices include a small video screen which displays a message informing shoppers what is going on.

He said shoppers bought an average of four Ferraris a month from their cellphones.

Salad sales were hit as the company cancelled unprofitable contracts and shoppers cut back on premium purchases such as pre-washed salads.

Some shoppers are also not accustomed to what they perceive as additional costs in online shopping.

Wal-Mart said shoppers would not see green ratings on products for several years as it will take a long time to develop.

shopping center security, allowing shoppers to request help by simply picking up the receiver.

Shoppers will then be able to chose their produce whatever its appearance.

Shoppers are increasingly drawn to one-stop mega-emporiums managed by the likes of Carrefour, which has mastered the concept .

Support for a specific case is generally below because this takes into account all shoppers and all transactions.

It's all the other people you see in the stores -- those typical shoppers -- who are the suckers.

Really, having to navigate my cart around dozens of flaming shoppers would have made shopping take much longer than necessary.

Is not interested in attracting online shoppers or providing material for online information seekers.

Not all users are shoppers, but all users are at least browsers.

For Windows shoppers who can afford to spend a little more this season, I believe Ultrabooks are a great choice.

The authors also did a study of mall shoppers, asking about their regret about buying an expensive item of clothing.

Shoppers had a chance to stock up on milk, bread, firewood as well as snow shovels and ice melting products.

Next year, Google is also expected to help retailers offer same-day delivery of goods to online shoppers.

And to stop shoppers scampering off to rivals, it will unveil bargains on electronic goods as the clocks strike midnight.

Oh, and thank you Wal Mart shoppers, too, for your support of their free market capitalism! !

Prospering the most are the booming coastal provinces, where shiny skyscrapers boast malls teeming with well-heeled shoppers.

In an April 2009 survey by RIS News, privacy and security concerns are still at the forefront of both shoppers' and retailers' minds.

Shoppers here are beginning to hit the stores in China's closest equivalent to the West's Christmas shopping season.

The hotel is attached to a very nice mall, so it's convenient for shoppers.

Perhaps people who buy Apple phones are better able to accept economic uncertainty than Wal-Mart shoppers.

This is meant to appeal to shoppers who might be overwhelmed by the pages of search results they see on a computer.

With a root exploit, you gain control of the merchants and all the shoppers' information on the site.

Many malls are providing tour buses that bring shoppers directly to the stores from across the border.

Some shoppers said they would avoid giving daily deals as holiday gifts out of fear of being seen as cheap or lazy.

But perhaps this reflects the changing face of the city as a shoppers' paradise.

Ingredient lists as well as nutritional information also provide shoppers with useful information.

Staff from the companies would pose as shoppers and look for counterfeit goods with a notary officer nearby.

The conventional wisdom that Chinese consumers are more brand-driven than shoppers in more developed markets remains true.

Otherwise foreigners might win the fierce fight for footfall (retail jargon for the number of shoppers).

Arriving to the sound of bag pipes, waving British flags and majesty the Queen appeared for shoppers at a local shopping mall in Shanghai.

Retailers hope last-minute shoppers will fill stores to help recoup their losses.

In a high-inflation environment, regular shoppers are going to increasingly look for value.

Sato folded cardboard boxes that had been tossed aside by shoppers in their haste.

In Bangkok's Chinatown, the center of the Thailand's gold trade, record prices are prompting some shoppers to shift from ornaments to bars.

Before the interruption, shoppers fixated on whether the object they desired was a bargain.

Customer satisfaction surveys show shoppers are happier, enabling management to exact above-average rent increases at renovated stores.

There is no additional cost to you, as the vendor, although your shoppers will pay a $3 manual processing fee.

Western sites are available to Chinese shoppers only to a limited degree, in part because not all company sites offer shipping to China.

Active spending by the wealthiest shoppers has returned sales of luxury goods to pre-recession levels after several difficult years.

Unlike those of Ms. Li and her fellow shoppers, Ms. Zhang's tastes have evolved since she wore her first qipao to a ball five years ago.

PROBLEM: These days, many shoppers will very likely feel the clammy touch of a stranger when they head to the mall.

Shoppers can now buy fruits and fruit juices filled with the flavors of rainforests, distant mountainsides, and tropical islands.

That's true. And that's what troubles some on-line shoppers as well.

Shoppers told us they hope food safety violations will be resolved in a more effective and timely manner.

Others run online shopping malls where shoppers can browse hundreds, if not thousands of products.

By comparing the resulting data with sales information, it was then possible to gain insight into shoppers' behaviour.

Specialty apparel chains, however, may face another tough year as they relied on heavy promotions to draw shoppers.

They only look like that because of the grading out of fruit which, while perfectly edible, is not comely enough for harried shoppers.

Shoppers were faced with a choice between two stores selling an identical good and were given a score for each purchase.

Soon shoppers will be able to digitise the look and feel of clothes and share the details online, along with their emotional reactions.

Elements says it expects 40% of its holiday traffic to be from mainland shoppers.

Recent food scandals involving dyed steamed buns and lean meat powder have given Chinese shoppers more cause for concern at the supermarket.

Five years ago in Britain, says Mr Foley, a quarter of his customers were well-off shoppers; now half of them are.

Buying in bulk means Wal-Mart can negotiate better buying terms and pass on its savings to customers and attract more Chinese shoppers.

Two of the country's biggest grocery chains have made biodegradable paper bags and reusable cloth bags for shoppers.

Without professional guidance, shoppers become frustrated and go elsewhere find the information they need and purchase.

Young offenders are already demonised by the media; are they now to be physically paraded in front of Saturday shoppers?

This time-tested technique assures that I won't meet my demise at the hands of maniacal shoppers stampeding toward $49 Blu-ray players.

Shoppers could start feeling guilty about shopping with us. Communities could make it harder to build our stores.

It is also hard to get real estate shoppers out in cold weather to look at waterfront real estate.

What Web shoppers bought this year, and where, reflect some big changes as well.

Unlike shopping in the offline world, there is no salesperson to tell the shoppers what they want to know about the product.

Since we were shooting in the middle of a busy area, we attracted a lot of residents and shoppers to watch.

To circumvent local sales taxes, shoppers often buy in neighboring communities that do not have such taxes.

French retail giant Carrefour has launched an investigation into an online campaign encouraging Chinese shoppers to boycott its stores.

For one thing is clear: this recession has triggered a wholesale reappraisal by shoppers of the value that their habitual brands deliver.

Sales surged over the weekend in Beijing as shoppers swarmed the city's major stores for year-end promotions.

Develop a list of savings tips that you offer to your shoppers, either online or when they stop in person.

This may be a new phenomenon, as cash-strapped shoppers turn to more affordable Asian products.

Police have sealed off the centre of Darwin and are telling shoppers to stay away.

Retailers have long known that the right song on the overhead speakers can keep shoppers in a store.

It accused Unilever of inciting shoppers to hoard its products, and slapped it with a hefty fine.

A government Web site is calling on shoppers to turn to cloth bags and shopping baskets to reduce the use of plastic.

As a not-for-sale display model, it draws only the occasional glance from the tourists and Christmas shoppers packing thestore.

RT -Mart shoppers go, do not cross-strait capital outflows!

Canny supermarkets already ensure shoppers are hit with the smell of freshly baked bread as they enter.

Which? report finds ethical shoppers are "confused and overwhelmed" by the vast array of environmental food labels in use.

And surprisingly perhaps, the millions of shoppers that pass through Poundland come from all types of socioeconomic groups.

Bargain-hunting remained standard operating procedure for recession-hardened shoppers.

Its real-time nature also reflects the consumer mood, as shoppers adapt their lifestyles and purchasing habits to cope with the recession.

As well as putting shoppers at risk of heart disease, Cash warned that salty salads could lead to a bloated feeling.

French diplomacy is "one never-ending seduction" ; market stallholders and shoppers "seduce each other" over ripe tomatoes or fat lemons.

The number of shoppers looking for a bargain will continue to rise.

Crucial to breaking the downward cycle is changing the expectation, among companies and shoppers alike, that prices will keep tumbling.

That day, shoppers crowded in the streets around the supermarket.

The shoppers I studied who took the longest, examining packages, stopping at whatever caught their eye, invariably spent more money.

From car dealerships to Gap outlets , sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending.

Supermarket shoppers may soon be cruising the aisles with " intelligent " trolleys that warn them if they're buying too much junk food .

Professional advisers are regular commuters alongside factory owners, truck drivers and shoppers.

Shoppers park their BMWs below glass office towers and a rooftop hotel pool.

Just above the main street of the small town -- population around 4, 000 -- the steaming buses exhale their cargo of enthusiastic shoppers.

But theRetailFederationretailfederation said at the end of November that discounters had fewer shoppers this year.

In a major downtown supermarket, shoppers filled carts with emergency supplies.