Online Retailer Enables Shoppers to Make Their Own Price
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2012
Everything you hear lately is about saving money. Even more so about offers, deals or some type of bulk savings from local merchants or online sites.These online shopping offers are always suggested, overstock or selected products that you may or may not be able to take advantage of.
Now there is one online company that is leading the way with shopping offers online for just about anything.
Das Cheap! is a global online retailer that features the first ever "make your own deal" offer system from a major online retailer. Potential price savvy shoppers can haggle the price online of name brand products, from party supplies, toys, electronics, housewares and more. Essentially customers can name their own price for their purchase quantities. Users are then notified of the pending deal and can purchase at the negotiated price.
"We feel confident that we can strike a deal on what you are looking for. At Das Cheap! we strive to put a real world shopping experience on the virtual level. I mean if I shop in a brick in mortar store, I always ask if I can get a better deal. Why should it be any different when shopping online? That's why we are the first online retailer to let customers "make an offer" using our proprietary system." - David Scarpitta of Das Cheap Inc.
The Das Cheap Shopping Offers is open to anyone, whether they are a previous customer or a passing user. There is no obligation to purchase, however once an offer is made there is a 24 hour validated offer expiration. All shopping offers once accepted have only 24 hours to make the negotiated deal.
"Of course our prices are already extremely cheap. But this also allows online bulk buyers or quantity purchasers to get an even better deal in a matter of minutes. It's just another way that we can save our customers even more in a rough economy." - David Scarpitta
For more information on the Das Cheap Online Shopping Offers, please visit:
http://www.dascheap.com/home.html
David Scarpitta
Das Cheap Inc.
626-435-0063
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Princeton Shopping Center's new ownership plans to keep up with community atmosphere - NJ.com
PRINCETON BOROUGH — The president of the company poised to buy the Princeton Shopping Center said the firm has no plans to mess with success.
“This is a very well-established part of the Princeton community and its vibrancy,” said Jodie McLean, president and chief investment officer of Edens, a South Carolina company.
“The things we will focus on here are community events, consistency and a commitment to continue that love of community. Our own values feel very aligned with the history and current operators. We are community oriented, quality-driven and the classic, mid-century architecture of the shopping center needs to be celebrated.”
Shopkeepers in the North Harrison Street center have been told Edens is the new owner, taking over from George Comfort & Sons. Sitting in the shopping center’s Bon Appetit cafe on Friday, McLean would not confirm or deny the impending sale but said there would be a “formal announcement” about the shopping center in the first week of June. She also declined to put a price tag on such an acquisition.
She did say there would be no plans for a second floor and denied the company has any ties to a French ownership concern. The 255,000-square-foot mall has about 50 ground-level shops and other businesses in a rectangular layout with a large, open-air courtyard. It last underwent a major renovation in 2007 and is about 60 years old.
“We want to enhance small gathering places, like the European Bistro,” McLean said, pointing out the customers who walked through the shopping center’s landscaped commons.
“We have known about this shopping center for 10 years and it absolutely fits in with the kind of shopping centers we have on the East Coast. A typical customer for us would be proud to be a Princetonian and would be part of a family community.”
Looking to expand its reach into New Jersey and the New York Metro area, Edens currently has 130 retail centers, two-thirds of them located between Boston and the District of Columbia. The remaining third are in the Charlotte-Atlanta-Miami areas. A center in Sewell and another in Closter are the only two New Jersey holdings owned by Edens, which has been in business since 1966.
A number of store owners in the shopping center expressed concern over the sale when they learned about it through letters they were required to sign acknowledging there would be a change of ownership. No one saw it coming.
“We love the community orientation of the Princeton Shopping Center,” said McLean. “I think they will find there is a very consistent philosophy with what we are doing as retailers with what they are doing.”
McClean also said that having a supermarket such as McCaffrey’s as the anchor helps attract foot traffic and keeps all of the stores and businesses supplied with customers.
“People make two to three trips a week to a supermarket,” she said.
Other businesses include a hardware store, a dress boutique, a Mexican restaurant, a gym, a gourmet shop, and an outdoor sporting goods store. Longtime owners George Comfort & Sons did not return calls about the sale of the shopping center.
Almost every shopkeeper contacted about the sale praised the current ownership.
Shopping footfall down 12.6% in April - Management Today
By Rebecca Burn-Callander Monday, 21 May 2012
High streets across the UK have had their worst April for more than two years as heavy rain shrinks consumer footfall.
According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)/Springboard-ACTM Footfall Monitor (quite a mouthful, that), rain has prompted the biggest shopping downturn since 2009. High street custom is down 6.4% in the first quarter from February 2012, and footfall at out-of-town shopping centres has dropped 2% year on year.
The only hubs of capitalism to have benefited from the wet weather are the so-called indoor high street shopping centres. Presumably because drenched shoppers needed somewhere to shelter from the rain…
This is dire news for UK retailers, where more than one in 10 premises are lying empty. Worst hit is Scotland, where shopper numbers are down 12.6% for the quarter. Wales was the only region to see a lift in footfall at 0.6%. But then they are used to rain in the valleys (there are 40 different Welsh words for the stuff, after all).
Stephen Robertson, British Retail Consortium director general, said: ‘Essentially, consumers lack confidence, disposable incomes are still dropping and fewer people are shopping for anything that isn't essential.’
Let’s just hope that the sun shines on the upcoming long Diamond Jubilee weekend, eh?
Online shopping often not better for environment, report says - Daily Telegraph
Prof Phil Blythe, chairman of the IET transport policy panel, which produced the report, said: “We hear a lot about the environmental benefits achieved as a result of working from home. However, on closer inspection it does appear that any environmental benefits are marginal.”
Vitacost.com Upgrades Mobile Shopping Experience - Yahoo Finance
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vitacost.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VITC - News), a leading online retailer of health and wellness products, announced today the inclusion of new features for its Apple iPhone and Android mobile apps, designed to encourage comparison shopping and improve the user experience. These apps now include a bar code scanner allowing for easy price comparisons, as well as shopping lists and offer the functionality to set a "vitamin alarm" to ensure compliance with health regimes.
The bar code scanner allows customers to scan any product from any retailer to check whether the items are available at Vitacost.com. If the product is among the thousands of items sold at a discount on Vitacost.com, the customer can purchase it through their Vitacost mobile app rather than paying full-price at the store. If the item is not in Vitacost.com's inventory, other product recommendations will be offered. Another improvement to the Vitacost mobile apps is shopping list functionality--so customers can create and save a list of their favorite products and have the option to purchase every item with just the click of a button. In addition, with the "vitamin alarm" feature, customers can set daily alarms reminding them to take a vitamin or pill, drink water, exercise--or any other healthy habit. The customer does not need to be browsing on their Vitacost mobile app to receive the alarm, as this technology notifies the consumer automatically.
Vitacost.com began transforming its mobile site in October of 2011 in response to customer feedback, requesting an improved experience. Additional enhancements in March of 2012, including recommended products and the ability to checkout with PayPal or Bill Me Later, were designed to make the sales cycle--from research to checkout--easier and faster.
Customers can shop from their iPhone, Android, Blackberry or on the Web at www.vitacost.com, to see Vitacost's extensive array of more than 35,000 health and wellness products, priced up to 50% off retail prices, with orders over $49 shipped free. Exclusive coupons for mobile customers--offered during weekend promotions provide additional savings to the Vitacost mobile customer.
"We are excited to add the ability for easy comparison shopping to the Vitacost mobile apps, making it easier for customers to find the products they want at more affordable prices while they are conducting their everyday grocery and vitamin shopping," said David Zucker, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer of Vitacost.com. "The addition of list functionality makes shopping with Vitacost's mobile apps easier than ever, and the vitamin reminder will help customers comply with their health regimens more easily. We are proud to offer a free mobile shopping experience that is good for customers' health--and their wallets."
About Vitacost.com, Inc.
Vitacost.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VITC - News) is a leading online retailer of health and wellness products, including dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, herbs and other botanicals, amino acids and metabolites, as well as cosmetics, organic body and personal care products, pet products, sports nutrition and health foods. Vitacost.com, Inc. sells these products directly to consumers through its website, www.vitacost.com. Vitacost.com, Inc. strives to offer its customers the broadest selection of healthy living products, while providing superior customer service and timely and accurate delivery.
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