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  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Somebody's Getting a Lump of Coal in Their Stocking

    Last week Daily Weekly posted about the Chiu brothers, Andrew and Allen, who recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud - part of an elaborate (kind of) scheme that swindled more than $1.4 million from Nordstrom in commission and rebates. The ruse utilized the online shopping site Fat Wallet Inc. and wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Brothers Andrew and Allen Chiu Admit to Swindling Crazy Amount of Money from Nordstrom

    Our next story comes from the 'Holy Shit That's a Lot of Fancy Shoes' department ... The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI announced yesterday that brothers Andrew S. Chiu, of Anaheim, Calif., and Allen J. Chiu, of Dallas, Texas. pleaded guilty to wire fraud- part of a scheme that aimed to swindle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Grocery Lists Could Help Reverse Obesity Crisis

    There are dozens of smart phone apps allowing shoppers to digitally plan their shopping trips, but a new survey says 34 percent of low- and middle-income families don't use grocery lists. The numbers reported by Share Our Strength mirror other recent statistics: Studies conducted last year showed t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2011

    Unstuffed

    There are dozens of smart phone apps allowing shoppers to digitally plan their shopping trips, but a new survey says 34 percent of low- and middle-income families don't use grocery lists. The numbers reported by Share Our Strength mirror other recent statistics: Studies conducted last year showed t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2011

    Marc Maron

    There are dozens of smart phone apps allowing shoppers to digitally plan their shopping trips, but a new survey says 34 percent of low- and middle-income families don't use grocery lists. The numbers reported by Share Our Strength mirror other recent statistics: Studies conducted last year showed t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Sabzi Steals the Show in Blue Scholars' Second Cinémetropolis Video, "Fou Lee"

    Set in and around the Beacon Hill landmark and directed by Canh Solo, "Fou Lee" gets the second (of many) visual treatments from the Blue Scholars' fan-financed soundtrack Cinémetropolis (which was made available early via Bandcamp).The song was "inspired by shopping trips we made to that grocery s ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    The Nine Best Places to Shop for Used Vinyl in Seattle

    Other than Easy Street and Sonic Boom, of course.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    7-Eleven Gives Away Free Slurpees, Urbane Offers 10 Percent Off Brunch on Black Friday

    Dungeness crab benedict, courtesy of Urbane​In celebration of its new purple-flavored Slurpee, 7-Eleven is declaring November 26 "Purple Friday." Visit the Slurpee Facebook page that morning to download a coupon for a free small drink. Planning to skip the gas station trip in favor of shoppi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Shane Alexander & Jason Vantress Shoplift During 'Shop With a Cop' Day

    ​From our partners at True Crime Report comes this tale of border-state boneheadedness. Shane Alexander, 20, and Jason Vantress, 30, are two huge dumb-asses from Portland, Oregon who decided to go shoplifting the other day. And they just happened to pick a Fred Meyer store. That wouldn't be a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    Boxing Day

    ​From our partners at True Crime Report comes this tale of border-state boneheadedness. Shane Alexander, 20, and Jason Vantress, 30, are two huge dumb-asses from Portland, Oregon who decided to go shoplifting the other day. And they just happened to pick a Fred Meyer store. That wouldn't be a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    Punk Rock Flea Market

    ​From our partners at True Crime Report comes this tale of border-state boneheadedness. Shane Alexander, 20, and Jason Vantress, 30, are two huge dumb-asses from Portland, Oregon who decided to go shoplifting the other day. And they just happened to pick a Fred Meyer store. That wouldn't be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Amazon Declares Sales Dominance for Product No One Else Can Sell

    "We're number one! We're number one! And there is no number two!"​You've got to love the Amazon PR department. The company is crowing about its sales of the Kindle electronic reader (also prominently flagged as one of the company's designated bestsellers). Meanwhile, following the sales push o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    What Amazon's Bestselling Items Say About America

    She's popular, sure. But not as popular as flat-screen TV sets.​It's Black Friday, and the malls are full of shoppers. Meanwhile, online, to close off an already strong year for Seattle-based Amazon.com, the Internet retailer announced on Monday a special Black Friday Deals Page. The company s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Amazon Spoof Amazero Encourages Consumers to Buy Nothing®

    ​Green gossip gurus Ecorazzi say Seattle-based online giant Amazon has a new competitor. Actually, that's not entirely true. Because while spoof site Amazero does look a whole lot like Amazon, it only hawks one product: Nothing®.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Attention Shoppers: Whine About Your Horrible Holiday Mall Experience and Risk Getting Brained by a Yule Log

    Don't want to end up in this line? Then stay home.​In advance of the holiday shopping season, Consumer Reports asked its readers to name their biggest holiday shopping pet peeves. Not surprisingly, doing so made their readers come off as whiny, ignorant bastards. Bitching about crowded malls ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Attention Holiday Shoppers: Liquor Stores Now Open in Area Malls, Christmas Officially Comes Early

    A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a (hic) goodnight​Pols in the state of Washington certainly talk a good game about being progressive, but never have their bona fides been so unimpeachable as now. Faced with a looming $9 billion budget shortfall through 2011, state officials looked to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Nordstrom and Costco Financial Results Both Confirm and Confound Recession Thinking

    ​October sales figures are being reported from retailers, with confusingly different data from two national companies based in the Northwest. Nordstrom, as our Mark D. Fefer recently wrote, has seen sales decline 13 percent at its top-tier stores. (At the same time, it's been expanding the Nor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Confessions of a Shopaholic on DVD

    Before last night, I would have unabashedly told anyone who would listen that I was a huge fan of the Confessions of a Shopaholic book series. Then last night I watched the DVD. The disparity between the movie and the novels is phenomenal. While they have the same basic plot, a young girl has a huge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Beware Garage Sale Poisonings

    These poor bargain shoppers have no idea the dangers that await themSummer brings many perils: stray fireworks, chafing, and--apparently--accidental overdoses from stuff found at garage sales. So says the Washington Poison Center in a release sent out yesterday. It says that if you're looking to hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Buffalo Exchange Opens in Ballard This Month

    Fashionistas, rejoice: quirky used clothing store Buffalo Exchange is opening its second Seattle shop in the Ballard Square mall June 20. That means you can buy, sell, and trade garbs somewhere other than the clusterfuck that is the U District. It's an awesome addition to the Ballard neighborhood, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    The Red & White Goes Green at Tilth

    In other "walking the walk" news, Tilth can now boast that the dozen and a half wines by the glass at the restaurant all rate eco-friendly. Focusing on organically-grown, sustainable, biodynamic, or LIVE certified wines is a laudable task that sounds like a no-brainer for a restaurant like Tilth, bu ... More >>

  • Film

    February 11, 2009

    Confessions of a Shopaholic: Yes, Isla Fisher Is Adorable

    In other "walking the walk" news, Tilth can now boast that the dozen and a half wines by the glass at the restaurant all rate eco-friendly. Focusing on organically-grown, sustainable, biodynamic, or LIVE certified wines is a laudable task that sounds like a no-brainer for a restaurant like Tilth, bu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2008

    Fremont Pub Crawl Shopping Spree

    In other "walking the walk" news, Tilth can now boast that the dozen and a half wines by the glass at the restaurant all rate eco-friendly. Focusing on organically-grown, sustainable, biodynamic, or LIVE certified wines is a laudable task that sounds like a no-brainer for a restaurant like Tilth, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Shop With Your Dogs This Weekend

    The four pound Pinkster lost in a pile of leaves... If you've got holiday shopping to do and don't want to leave your pooch at home, South Lake Union's got you covered. This Friday and Saturday all the retail shops at 2200 South Lake Union (Westlake Avenue and Denny Way) are welcoming dogs. In ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2008

    Third Place Books 10th Anniversary

    The four pound Pinkster lost in a pile of leaves... If you've got holiday shopping to do and don't want to leave your pooch at home, South Lake Union's got you covered. This Friday and Saturday all the retail shops at 2200 South Lake Union (Westlake Avenue and Denny Way) are welcoming dogs. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    It's O.K., I'm Not Done Shopping Either

    The four pound Pinkster lost in a pile of leaves... If you've got holiday shopping to do and don't want to leave your pooch at home, South Lake Union's got you covered. This Friday and Saturday all the retail shops at 2200 South Lake Union (Westlake Avenue and Denny Way) are welcoming dogs. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    New Releases: Blake Lewis, Ghostface, Daft Punk

    The four pound Pinkster lost in a pile of leaves... If you've got holiday shopping to do and don't want to leave your pooch at home, South Lake Union's got you covered. This Friday and Saturday all the retail shops at 2200 South Lake Union (Westlake Avenue and Denny Way) are welcoming dogs. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

    Black Friday A Plan = Not So Bleak

    The four pound Pinkster lost in a pile of leaves... If you've got holiday shopping to do and don't want to leave your pooch at home, South Lake Union's got you covered. This Friday and Saturday all the retail shops at 2200 South Lake Union (Westlake Avenue and Denny Way) are welcoming dogs. In ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 21, 2007

    Silver Bellevue

    The Eastside kicks off Christmas before Santa does

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2007

    Martha Stewart v. Capitalism

    The Eastside kicks off Christmas before Santa does

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    Sale Alert!

    The Eastside kicks off Christmas before Santa does

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2007

    Potluck Paris Imports Style

    The Eastside kicks off Christmas before Santa does

  • Calendar

    August 15, 2007

    The Yard

    Rummage

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2007

    Etsy.com: Where Crafters and the Rest of Us Meet

    Rummage

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2006

    Ethiopians vs. Starbucks, smackdown tomorrow

    Rummage

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    Menu for Hope III

    Rummage

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Bankruptcy of Spirit

    Who would Jesus punch for an Xbox?

  • Diversions

    November 23, 2005

    Nifty, Thrifty, Gifty

    One person's junk can be a little kid's treasure.

  • Music

    December 1, 2004

    Luxury Goods

    Taking a chance on Jane Monheit.

  • Diversions

    November 26, 2003

    Fremont's Diagon Alley

    Make your own mugwort, wood betony, and neem leaf gifts at this haven for DIY loveliness.

  • Diversions

    November 19, 2003

    Diversions

    Make your own mugwort, wood betony, and neem leaf gifts at this haven for DIY loveliness.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Number of the Week

    Make your own mugwort, wood betony, and neem leaf gifts at this haven for DIY loveliness.

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    Recycle U

    Make your own mugwort, wood betony, and neem leaf gifts at this haven for DIY loveliness.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Attention, Holiday Shoppers

    A view of Christmas from behind the cash register.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    News Clips— Upbeat/Upended

    A view of Christmas from behind the cash register.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Thornton's ghost

    Activists haunt Northgate shopping mall expansion in order to save a creek.

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Columnist's Corner

    Kiss my ASCII comes clean and just plain admits it: Buy me batteries!

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Christmas on the line

    Kiss my ASCII comes clean and just plain admits it: Buy me batteries!

  • News

    October 28, 1998

    Joining Sam's Club

    Can Amazon.com and Sidewalk.com remake themselves into Web-Marts?

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Drag-and-shop

    Can Amazon.com and Sidewalk.com remake themselves into Web-Marts?

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