It just so happens that I'm in the market for a new handbag. But I always have the problem of wanting to buy a purse because it's pretty or stylish, but then I never actually get around to using it. I always end up realizing something is wrong with it later on. Maybe it isn't big enough for all my things, the snaps are annoying, there aren't enough different compartments, and so on. So I did some research on how to buy a purse I'll love and really use. I think it's pretty important to choose the…
Amazon prime day 2019, July 15th and 16th A mote back we put up our guide to US holidays for the benefit of people from other countries, so you can tell whether your American staff need the day off or not. But one day got left off the calendar because it's such a new concept that has yet to be fully recognized. That day is Amazon Prime Day. It's a new kind of "holiday" being pushed by Amazon as a kind of Internet shopping festival. This year, they even decided to do a full blowout by having a…
Did you know that over
40% of Amazon goods are made in China? Add to that nearly 99% for Alibaba
Group, which itself is the Chinese Amazon, and all
its subsidiaries. To say nothing of the
black market, and the human
rights tragedies going on there, as I've typed madly about before. If you're tired of shopping in other countries for Americans, you should give the entrepreneur makers on Etsy a try. Amazingly enough, even though the US lost a lot of its factory and industrial infrastructure to…
Gift
Inspirations… It's about time we gave the old 'shopping' category some filling here at 123ish.com. When Black Friday rolled around and kids came in from out of town to visit, your
humble author hit on a swell idea: I'd join the legions of shoppers at Iowa's own Historic
Valley Junction in West Des Moines, with a side agenda of composing a gift inspiration list. Not just any gift list, but one where we veer away from the traditional shopping mall. See, even if you're not close to Valley…
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