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Retailers offer online discounts because they want consumers to click to shop

Dec 25, 2018
And companies are getting more than just your money.
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How companies are sizing you up based on your behavior as a customer

Nov 23, 2018
Companies use your "customer lifetime value score," a secret shopper score of sorts, to determine how to treat you.
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And for her next act, dinosaur psychologist

Host Lizzie O'Leary wraps things up by taking the Marketplace Quiz.
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Purchasing items on Pinterest is now a pin away

Jun 2, 2015
The company is partnering with retailers like Macy's for the mobile app feature.

Amazon's Echo lets you order something by saying it out loud

May 18, 2015
Amazon's speaker system allows users to purchase items through voice commands.

I'm the proud owner of a BMW

Apr 27, 2012
Author/comedian Michael Ian Black on the highs and lows of luxury car ownership.