Despite lots of recent news coverage about the death of daily deal sites, people still love a great deal. The number of daily deal sites may be narrowing, but there are still over 300 sites to choose from and consumer interest shows no signs of slowing down. Comscore data reveals the deals audience grew by 24 percent in the past year, and according to a recent Bing/Impulse survey, 61% of people have increased their use of daily deals in the last...
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This week is Fashion Week in New York City – a week where the hottest fashion designers get together to unveil their latest visions for the year. Because we know not everyone can make it to New York, we’re partnering with Jonathan Valdez, the creator of fashion, entertainment and events blog OrangeJuiceandBiscuits.com (OJ&B), to help give you some style tips and inspiration for this fall. Voted one of the “Top 5 Best...
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Our goal at Bing Shopping is to help you find what you’re looking for in the fewest steps possible.  That starts with selection.  Over the past year, we have expanded the number available products by five times and added top brands like Nordstrom, ESPN, Tom’s Shoes, Sony Store, Babies R Us and Dick’s Sporting Goods.  Today, we are rolling out a set of features that will help you make shopping decisions even faster....
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For kids, summer is in full swing. But for parents it’s time to start thinking about getting the kids ready to go back to school. Among the long list of to-dos, finding the best deals on back to school must-haves tops the list. According to a recent Bing survey, 52 percent of parents are more concerned about price than value, style, or brand when it comes to making back-to-school purchasing decisions and 87 percent check multiple stores and...
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To help you make more informed shopping decisions, we are unveiling a brand new experience in Bing shopping. First off, the new homepage brings together popular items and content so you can spend less time searching and more time shopping. Popular articles and categories are arranged next to top searches, popular products, and leading brands so you can research and browse items before making a decision. We also added the ability to connect...
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Sometimes shopping can be overwhelming.  With so many choices, at so many different price points, you continually have to refine your search to find something within your budget. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just type what you’re thinking into the search box? Say, “Air Jordans under $100” or “Hudson jeans under $200” and let Bing do the work. With improvements to natural language search arriving in...
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Because sometimes you know exactly what you’re looking for and other times you’re looking for inspiration, this week we are releasing a better way to discover, explore and purchase on Bing shopping.    Yesterday we told you about our new shopping list feature that lets you share products of interest directly to your Facebook Wall. This week, users (in the US) will notice an updated shopping experience that lets you...
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Having a tough time deciding between Xbox 360 Slim or Xbox Kinect?  Black pumps or knee-high boots?  Netbook or notebook? Bing shopping has always let you compare prices, see product reviews and links to where you can purchase. But, wouldn’t it be great if you could tap your family and friends for advice? We agree. So starting today we are rolling out improvements to Bing shopping: Introducing Bing shopping lists With each...
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  Bing Shopping experienced a record “Cyber Monday” with 40% more unique visitors than 2009. Monday also saw a 22% jump in visitors over November 26th (“Black Friday”) the historic start of the holiday shopping season. The top categories yesterday were “Clothing & Shoes”, “Computing”, “Electronics”, “Toys and Beauty” and “Fragrance.”    ...
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Did October sneak up on you as fast as it did me? All I know is once the calendar reads October the Halloween preparations begin.  Before anything else- before I dust off my box of Halloween decorations, before I figure out what all my friends plans are for that night-  I head online to decide what to dress up like and more importantly to decide what to dress my kids in. OK, maybe not more importantly as one would suspect. Our data...
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