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The New Muzak: Scent Marketing; Kadet: What's that smell? Companies using scent marketing say it's the sweet smell of success.
SmartMoney.comThe folks who run the MRI unit at Florida Hospital Celebration Health are doing everything they can to make a body scan feel like a day at the beach. The changing rooms look like cabanas, beach sounds waft from the speaker system, and the ...
Treadmill Desk Puts the Work in Workout; Kadet: In the age of e-mail, a treadmill desk makes a daffy kind of sense.
SmartMoney.comLast year, Bruce Peterson was in a bind. His mom had died, forcing him to confront his own mortality. His Paterson, N.J., paper-cutting-machine business was still recovering from a printing industry meltdown that forced him to lay off a ...
A New Kind of Millionaire Matchmaker; Kadet: The man behind some of the biggest celebrity-endorsement deals.
SmartMoney.comA celebrity product endorsement is like a marriage. Some matches just make sense: We all believed that Bill Cosby was nuts about Jell-O pudding, and clearly the pudding loved him back. But too often, the pairing feels very, very wrong. Was ...
You May Never Wait on Hold Again; Kadet: New apps offer to wait on hold for callers -- and the end of phone rage may be near.
SmartMoney.comImagine a world where no caller is put on hold. Mothers could spend more time with their babies. Scientists could hang up the phone and cure cancer. And we'd all feel more relaxed. Not getting a human on the phone is a perennial top ...
What's the Allure of Dollar Stores? Kadet: Dollar stores are booming, but what's really driving their popularity? Hint: It's not the prices.
SmartMoney.comWhile your mind was elsewhere -- fretting over the lousy economy, perhaps -- chances are a Family Dollar store opened in your neighborhood. Or a Dollar General. Or a Dollar Tree. And it's probably packed with folks stocking up on ...
Hoarders' Latest Turn-On: Lightbulbs; Kadet: With a pending ban, some Americans are hoarding incandescent lightbulbs.
SmartMoney.comKaren Beseth is all about energy conservation. She shuts off the lights when leaving the room and sets the thermostat at 67 degrees through her small town's blustery winters. But there's one concession the DeWitt, N.Y., insurance ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Holiday Shopping; Retail staffing cuts will mean trashed stores, grouchy shoppers and lines out the door.
SmartMoney.comOh, holiday shopping. It recalls the bombing of Dresden. The jumbled stores look like they've been blitzed, and the sales clerks appear shell-shocked. At some shops, the experience is about as merry as a combat tour, except ...
Amazon Prime Made Me A Shopping Machine; The latest shopping technology makes it almost too easy to spend.
SmartMoney.comI used to be such a frugal lady. Then I subscribed to Amazon Prime, an online-shopping service that offers unlimited two-day shipping for $79 a year. Before Prime, I went to Amazon.com for the occasional book. Now, I'm a shopping ...
Insurance for Everything; In a shaky economy, obscure insurance--including coverage against kidnapping, divorce, and having twins--is a rare growth industry.
SmartMoney.comIt's already been quite a year. So far we've endured wars, riots, nuclear meltdowns, crazy weather, a bipolar stock market and a failed apocalypse. Is it any wonder that one of the few bright lights in this asthmatic economy is ...
The New Office Guru: The Productivity Coach; Can a productivity consultant really shave hours off your work week?
SmartMoney.comLast year I got a fantastic new assignment that doubled my workload. When my boss suggested I take it on without dropping any of my old chores, I laughed and laughed. He laughed too. Ha-ha-ha! But he was serious.
Is America Ready for the 'Smart Toilet?'; For the kitchen and bath industry, the toilet is the final frontier.
SmartMoney.comDavis & Warshow, the high-end Manhattan bath-fixtures showroom, is the kind of place that sells flat-panel TVs for your shower, bathtubs deep enough to drown a killer whale in and sinks so precious they're displayed in glass cases ...
The Middlebrow Hotel Perk: No Fees; Why affordable hotels are doling out freebies--even as high-end properties charge for everything from Wi-Fi to breakfast.
SmartMoney.comThe Hampton Inn in Midtown Manhattan is hardly the Big Apple's most glamorous hotel. The lobby isn't much bigger than your living room, and the "business center" is a single computer. Breakfast consists of Cheerios and ...
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How to Pay for a Wedding
With most couples waiting to marry and three quarters of marriage partners living together first, many celebrants are paying at least part of their wedding bill.
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How to Teach Kids about Money
It’s never too early to start talking dollars...and sense.
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Your grocery bill is your biggest weekly household expense, so keeping a lid on it will go far to stretch your dollar.
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10 Things Hollywood Won't Tell You
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Wedding Crashers: Saying 'I Do' in Public
Need an alternative to the $25,000 to-do? Introducing the stealth approach, where couples quietly trade "I dos" in a host of public forums.
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The Reignited Tech Sector
Technology stocks have rebounded and are once again the darling of the market. Can the resurgence last?
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Why a 'Balanced' Portfolio May Not Work
Arends: That 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds your adviser is pushing might not work.