The XX Factor : consumer culture

The Obama-Retail Complex

Noreen Malone — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:24:00 GMT

The NYT Style section has a short piece on the puzzling lack of shoppers who showed up for a free makeup giveaway that took place Tuesday at hundreds of department stores nationwide in fulfillment of a class action settlement on cosmetics price-fixing....(read more)

It Is Time To Outlaw Black Friday

Moe Tkacik — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:05:00 GMT

Numbers are supposed to explain everything that happens in the economy, and there are numbers that can help illustrate why a couple thousand people assembled in a Long Island parking lot were so hellbent on out-consuming one another that they were not...(read more)

What's So Funny About Pretty Panties?

E.J. Graff — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT

Nayeli , I'm with you in favor of adorable underthings. Definitely worth the money for the personal confidence and the occasional zing in the eyes of one's date. (Someone I dated briefly liked to call me a "smartypanties.") And yet at the same time, like...(read more)