We can’t help it: we really miss Men’s Wearhouse founder George Zimmer and his “you’re gonna like the way you look; I guarantee it!” commercials, and are compelled to make headline jokes about him. Yet since his ouster, it’s been interesting to watch dueling big-box menswear chains Jos. A. Bank and Men’s Wearhouse circle each other in a strange acquisition mating ritual. Each company wants to acquire the other, you see, and one major investor has had enough. [More]
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Amazon Fresh Promotes New Service By Delivering Bags Of Distinctly Unfresh Groceries
By 1.13.14
While it might be a nice surprise to receive a free, unexpected groceries on your doorstep, some San Francisco residents are a bit puzzled as to why Amazon is pushing its new Fresh delivery service with free bags of very unfresh items. A can of Coke, mushroom soup and fish taco seasoning? Dinner is served! [More]
Report: More Holiday Credit Card Breaches To Be Revealed
By 1.13.14
It’s bad enough that some 110 million Target customers may have had their credit card info stolen, or that some Neiman Marcus shoppers are falling victim to ID theft following a data breach. A new report says there are a few other retailers waiting to reveal the bad news that they too were victims of credit card hackers. [More]
Walmart’s Pricing On This Puzzle Book Is Puzzling
By 1.10.14
Reader Richard spotted this bit of Walmart price wizardry and just had to send it along. Apparently, this $2 puzzle book was so amazing that they could charge $29 for it. [More]
Target Data Breach Possibly Hit 110 Million, May Include People Who Didn’t Shop During Holidays
By 1.10.14
What we thought was getting worse just keeps getting worser: This morning we heard that the data breach at Target had hit 70 million customers, instead of the 40 million originally reported by the company. And now that number is not only possibly up to 110 million, but it could include people who didn’t even shop during the holidays, which is when Target said the leak happened. [More]
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Target Data Breach Manages To Keep Getting Worse; Now It’s 70 Million Customers’ Data Stolen [UPDATE]
By 1.10.14
UPDATE: The bad news just keeps on rolling in. Reports now indicate the 70 million customers whose names, addresses, and e-mails were breached are in addition to the original 40 million stolen credit cards, bringing the total number of affected folks potentially to as many as 110 million. [More]
Target’s Stupid Shipping Gang Subjects Tweezers To Extreme Solitude In Mostly Empty Box
By 1.9.14
It’s a cruel, cold world out there. If you’re a lucky pair of tweezers, you don’t have to go through that alone. If you’re unlucky enough to be sent away to your new home by Target’s Stupid Shipping Gang, you’re Consumerist reader Nix’s sad, lonely tweezers. [More]
Police Credit Target Worker’s Keen Eye For Odd Behavior For Cracking Kidnapping Case
By 1.8.14
A Target employee in California is really taking her loss prevention specialist title seriously: Police say she helped crack a recent kidnapping case wide open when she noticed a customer acting a bit off in her store. The worker took down the man’s license plate number and ultimately, helped return a little girl to her family. [More]
Introducing Walmart’s New “Items Endorsed By Controversial TV Stars” Section
By 1.8.14
When it comes to convenience, whoever works at this Walmart is doing a great job grouping items if the category is “Controversial Celebrity Endorsed Things.” Consumerist reader Fernando snapped this pic showing a display stocked with Duck Dynasty- and Paula Deen-branded merchandise. Because see, hot topics in the media and all that. [More]
The Gift Card I Bought At Walmart Is Blank. What Should I Do?
By 1.7.14
If you buy a prepaid debit card at Walmart as a gift and only receive a blank Starbucks card in return, who is responsible for getting you your money back? One family in California learned a very inconvenient lesson: customers who buy empty gift cards must go to the company that issued the gift card, not Walmart. [More]
Is This 2,550-LB Wide-Belt Sander Now The Heaviest Thing That Ships For Free On Amazon?
By 1.7.14
UPDATE: No, it appears the sander has already been beaten by a few other contenders. Let’s just say lathes are really, really heavy.
Amazon’s Stupid Shipping Gang Has Really Outdone Itself With This One
By 1.6.14
UPDATE: Sigh, the mystery has already been solved and has thus been rendered unmysterious. But we’ll make you scroll through our original musings first, of course. [More]
JPMorgan Chase To Pay $2 Billion For Failing To Notice Madoff Was Giant Scheming Schemer
By 1.6.14
It’s only the first week of January and already it’s an expensive year for giant bank JPMorgan Chase. Just blame Bernie Madoff. [More]
Walmart Rollbacks: Rolling Forward, Standing Still
By 1.6.14
What is a “rollback?” Walmart shoppers know that it’s when an item has decreased in price recently, and it’s something that the chain brags about on signs throughout the store. They even brag about rollbacks when prices stay the same…or go up. [More]
Stupid Shipping Gang Protects My Toilet Paper With Even More Wads Of Paper
By 1.3.14
Amazon really cares whether your packages arrive safely, no matter what they are. How much do they care? Reader Tony reports that when he ordered toilet paper from Amazon, it arrived in a huge box stuffed with brown paper. [More]
Walmart Recalls 73,400 Card Table And Chair Sets Because Finger Amputations Are No Fun
By 1.3.14
The thing about fingers is that they work best when each one is nice and complete. Since it’s much harder to complete everyday tasks with only half a finger, not to mention it’s a very uncomfortable experience to have the tip of your digit squeezed off, Walmart has issued a recall for 73,400 card table and chair sets. [More]
Mom Gives Birth To Baby In Walmart Parking Lot While Dad’s Inside Shopping
By 1.3.14
Either more exciting, crazy things happen in Florida every day or we just get to hear about them more often because it’s Florida: This week a baby was born in a car parked in the lot at Walmart while the father stepped inside to grab a few things.
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What Purchases Should You Make And Avoid In January?
By 1.2.14
Are you in the market for a new television, some furniture, a gaming console, or new winter clothes? It might seem like the post-holiday sales frenzy is the perfect time to shop for all of these items, but that isn’t necessarily the case. [More]
