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Most the year is spent following a healthy diet, but when the holidays approach, many people indulge themselves in otherwise forbidden treats.

Treat your online customers badly and it will move your company up in the search rankings? That bizarre and awful strategy may have worked for one website for awhile, but not anymore, says Google.

ListenLogic analyzed thousands of public online conversations throughout the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping period to reveal how consumers think about, prepare for and act upon Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping and how these behaviors differ.

With the first weekend of holiday shopping behind us, retail sales are bright and show an improvement over a year ago. But will it last?

Apple has launched a pilot of its EasyPay custom mobile retail software in a trial with Gap subsidiary Old Navy, opening a new market for the iPod touch in hand-held payment transactions.

Creating an online wish list for the holidays can be a neat way for friends

NEW YORK -- Shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. were down 6% Thursday morning after the retailer said that November sales in its stores open at least one year were flat. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a 1.4% increase. Most retailers on Thursday had reported better-than-expected results. American Eagle also issued fourth-quarter earnings guidance of between 43 cents and 46 cents a share. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the retailer saw earnings of 38 cents a share. Copyright © 2010 MarketWatch, Inc.

Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer Today The TJX Cos. Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Clubs Inc., two MetroWest retail behemoths, reported healthy sales increases for the month of November. Framingham-based TJX Cos. said sales increased 7 percent to $2 billion while Natick's BJ's hit $900.1 million, an 8 percent increase. Same-store sales increased 5 percent at BJ's and 3 percent at TJX. BJ's said sales were strongest in the southeast, and that food sales increased 4 percent over last year. TJX reported "brisk" business during the entire week of Thanksgiving. TJX operates discount retailers including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and