Electronic Show Predicts Christmas Future

E3 is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which showcases the Next New Things in interactive video entertainment. Almost 46,000 people from 90 countries attended this year’s expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center to showcase their wares and eyeball the competition. And, of course, to get media types...

The Christmas Truck

Here is Christmas decorating done right — red-neck style! Central Iowa has had many versions of the Christmas truck over the last 25 years. Here’s how it began. Kris Marshall was carrying a generator and some Christmas lights to his church in his $50 used truck. Much like peanut butter and...

Hotel Firm Offers to House Mother-in-Laws for Christmas

A hotel chain has promised families a stress-free solution to hosting the in-laws over Christmas in Great Britain, Sky News reported. Holiday Inn is offering a special room rate for mothers-in-law during the festive period, so that families can have a break from each other. Relatives can check their...

If You Wanna Wii, Get It Now

The CEO of Nintendo is warning consumers in the U.S. that if they want to get their kids a Wii for Christmas they had better get it now. Come the holiday season it seems the Wii will be in short supply — again. He cites “unusually high demand” in the U.S. for the Wii. Consumers in Europe...

Blue Christmas Predicted for Retailers

There’s no cheerful way to say it: Get ready for a sober Christmas season. Yes, it’s only July, but retailers already are deep in planning mode for the holiday season, and what they are sensing adds up to potential trouble, with some experts saying this could be the toughest environment in almost...

Macys to Open 24/7

In the run-up to Christmas, Macy’s is pulling an all-nighter at all its stores in the region. The flagship department store in Manhattan’s Herald Square and seven area branches will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the four-day stretch before Christmas. The shop-til-you-drop-a-thon...