If you’re having gift problems, I feel bad for you, son: Springpad’s shopping for gangstas

Why don't you buy your ex-wife a banana bunker? and other gift ideas from SpringPad.

Holiday shopping for dummies: The ultimate cheat sheet for perfect gifts

If you are truly awful at gift-shopping, you MUST READ this. It will save you from resorting to bad gag gifts yet again.

PayPal & eBay see huge jump in mobile payments for Thanksgiving

After properly stuffing themselves with copious amounts of turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, dressing, and pumpkin pie, eBay saw a ton of people reach for their mobile devices to make some form of payment.

ShopSavvy heads to iPad, as it braces for tablet-heavy holiday shopping

After making a name for itself as a useful smartphone app for in-store shopping, ShopSavvy is finally launching on the iPad today -- a shift that has forced the company to think beyond its current price comparison strategy.

Fab goes to free shipping. Permanently.

We can't bear to say it, but the holidays are sort of upon us, and design-centric flash sales site Fab.com is getting into the swing of things early with free shipping.

Groupon targets holiday shoppers with new catalogs, free shipping for Goods

Groupon today announced changes to its Goods business to make its discounted wares more attractive to bargain-hunting holiday shoppers.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas — prepping your site for the coming onslaught (infographic)

OK, it's September, and the holiday marketing season has officially begun.

Well, perhaps it's not quite time for Christmas music. But for those who want to prepare their websites for the most important shopping events of the year, now is definitely the time to get ready.

Holiday shopping season: Kmart loses, Amazon wins (infographic)

This holiday shopping season produced winners and losers for retailers, the entertainment industry and restaurants. Some companies — including Amazon and Walmart — recorded high sales numbers and increased customer satisfaction. Others didn’t fare as well.

With record-high Cyber Monday …

What recession? Holiday shopping online finishes at a record $35.3B

Online holiday shopping for 2011 finished at an all-time high of $35.3 billion, up 15 percent from last year’s sales figures.

According to comScore, which tracked online consumer spending between November 1 and the week beginning December 25, year-over-year sales …

Consumers will lose $10M to cyber crime this holiday season

Over $10 million will be intercepted by cyber criminals this holiday season, as consumers turn toward the Internet for their presents.

Online shopping around the holidays has increased 10 percent since the same time in 2010, to around $30.9 billion …

Cyber Monday? It was more like Mobile Monday, according to eBay & PayPal

If the name “Cyber Monday” makes you think of your shameful AIM exploits in the late ’90s, a new trend may make your day.

According to data from eBay, PayPal, IBM and GSI Commerce, mobile activity spiked yesterday as early …

Postal bags get lighter, Google Catalogs app out on Android

Shopping on the Android tablet got a little prettier today with the addition of Google Catalogs, an easy way to flip thought all of your catalogs digitally.

Google Catalogs was created as a tablet friendly way to view the many …

Cyber Monday sales may reach $1.2B, mobile shoppers will double

When it comes to made-up online shopping holidays, Cyber Monday is still expected to be the reigning champion this year.

Cyber Monday sales may reach $1.2 billion this year, reports the LA Times, up from over $1 billion last year. …

VBWeekly: Everything you need to know about Black Friday (video)

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and the VentureBeat offices are deserted. Where is everyone? Out shopping for insane Black Friday deals, apparently.

VentureBeat chief technical officer and resident videographer Christopher Peri spends some quality time with his camera, talking about …

Who needs Barbie? Kids and teens want an iPad for Christmas

Get ready to pony up, parents. Your children don’t want Barbies or LEGOs this holiday season, they want pricey iPads. But don’t worry, they’ll also settle for an iPod touch or an iPhone, so you’ve got options.

Hope we’re kidding? …

Decide’s new iPhone app will make you a Black Friday ninja

Should you buy that new digital camera at Best Buy, or order it on Amazon? Or should you hold off altogether for a new model?

Decide has been answering those sorts of questions with its website for the past few …

Groupon to ramp up holiday purchases with Epic Deals

Daily deals service Groupon plans to boost its end-of-year profits by pushing sales during the upcoming holiday season.

Groupon, which generates revenue by taking a cut of local and national deals it arranges for subscribers, began its first holiday push …