ShopSmart’s Six Steps to Score Big Savings on Clothes
September 11, 2012
Tricks and tips that can help shoppers save even more at their favorite stores
Yonkers, NY – It’s easier than ever to score deals on clothing and accessories─sales and coupons are everywhere and there’s always bargains online. But shoppers can do even better if they know how to work all the angles.
The October 2012 issue of ShopSmart magazine, from Consumer Reports, provides the ultimate guide to scoring deals on clothing and accessories and features six must-do steps to saving, tips for saving even more at go-to retailers, information on what’s new on the racks this fall and nine great bargain clothing sites. [Read more]
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Discovery Kids Lamps recalled by Innovage Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
July 4, 2012
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Innovage recalled Discovery Kids Lamps because wires near the circuit board can cause a short posing a fire and burn hazard.
It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Discovery Kids™ Animated Marine (left) and Safari (right) Lamps recalled due to fire and burn hazards.
Consumer Reports Taste Tests The Best Cups of Joe
August 7, 2011
Hours of Testing Finds New Champs Among Colombian and Ethiopian Varietals; America’s Best-Selling Brands, Folgers and Maxwell House, Score Only Fair
Yonkers, NY – Consumer Reports brewed over 1,000 cups of coffee to deem two new champs among Colombian varietals in the latest issue available on newsstands today. Gloria Jean’s Colombian Supremo Medium Roast and Newman’s Own Organics Colombian Especial Medium Roast beat Consumer Reports top pick from the March 2009 report, Eight O’Clock Coffee.
The former champ delivered less flavor than in past tests even though their slogan claims, “New Look, Same Great Taste.” While America’s best-selling brands, Folgers and Maxwell House, scored only Fair far from perfect taste profiles. [Read more]
