Lionel Richie sells 20k albums in 1 hour on HSN
Lionel Richie sold 20,000 copies of his new album 'Tuskegee' in a one hour spot this past Friday, while performing live on the popular home-shopping network HSN...
J.C. Penney is permanently marking down all merchandise
NEW YORK (AP) - J.C. Penney is permanently marking down all of its merchandise by at least 40 percent so shoppers no longer have to wait for sales to get bargains...
Do black people shop differently than other races?
theGRIO REPORT - The shopping habits of African-Americans have some distinct characteristics that retailers and marketers should use to better understand black consumers, according to new research by The Nielsen Co...
Why some black youth fight for Air Jordans
theGRIO REPORT - Since its debut in 1985, the Nike Air Jordan sneakers have been more than a basketball shoe in the black community...
Rowdy holiday shoppers erupt over Air Jordans
VIDEO - Things got heated outside some stores Friday morning as anxious shoppers lined up to by Nike's Air Jordan Retro sneakers...
theGrio's post-Christmas shopping guide
SLIDESHOW - With Christmas over and as we make our way into a brand new year, they're still some great gift ideas to salvage the holiday...
Black Santas make Christmas a little less white
VIDEO - Like shopping for gifts then wrapping them up, some Christmas traditions rarely change. But there's one classic image of the holiday season that seems to be...
New Air Jordans cause US-wide shopping frenzy
SEATTLE (AP) - Fights, vandalism and arrests marked the release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes as a shopping rush on stores across the United States led to unrest that nearly turned into rioting...
Cul-de-sac trickin’: Socially acceptable prostitution?
OPINION - Cul-de-sac trickin'. That's what I call it when Ginger White and countless other women like her use their feminine 'charms' to pay their middle class bills...
H&M admits to putting real models' heads on fake bodies
theGRIO REPORT - H&M is in hot water this morning, as the company formally admits to putting real models' heads on computer-generated bodies to sell swimwear...
