Technology

Ace CEO Ray Griffith painted a picture of a co-op focused on overcoming the economy...

Consumers who use brick-and-mortar stores to research possible purchases -- and then buy the product on the Internet -- tend to gravitate toward certain housewares, according to The NPD Group, a market research firm.  But even more alarming to physical store owners is the practice of “showrooming,” which is growing to include more categories, the research firm said.

Jean-Luc Meunier will be in charge of developing the company’s affiliate dealer-owner network....

Young America, an incentive marketing firm, has partnered with EcoRebates, a Web and mobile rebate solutions provider, to create an online tool that compiles utility energy rebates with available manufacturer or retailer-specific offers. Customers can easily find, apply and submit the incentive offers on a wide range of products.

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About four years ago, a representative from Verizon Wireless approached Gary Schuette, owner of Nettle...

Customers want quality products, and customers want low prices. And a high percentage of consumers...

LEED v4, the proposed update to the nation’s most prevalent green building program, has been under intense pressure to change its current wood certification rating system, which only recognizes one set of standards, those of the Forest Stewardship Council. But the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which oversees the LEED program and its current revision process, is now under fire for another part of the LEED update that has nothing to do with wood.