Staples, Home Depot, and other online stores change prices based on your location

A simple Swingline stapler from the office supply chain Staples could cost you either $15.79 or $14.29, depending on where you live.

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.

Onavo: Mobile shoppers compare prices most on Saturdays, buy most on Sundays, Mondays

The rising popularity of mobile shopping apps is leading to entirely new consumer behaviors, according to a joint report by mobile data compression company Onavo and IDC.

Amazon’s Wish List gets more aggressive against Walmart.com, others (exclusive)

Amazon has quietly made its “Universal Wish List” feature even more powerful and aggressive, VentureBeat has learned from developers. But some people are saying it’s too aggressive.

Now, if you say, find a toy that you like on Walmart’s website, …

FindTheBest adds classifieds, helps you comparison shop for new stuff

FindTheBest, an information site that lets shoppers compare everything from apartments to dogs to venture capitalists, is adding classified ads for cars, apartments, jobs, and pets.

The new classifieds fall into five straightforward categories: Cars for Sale, Jobs, Rentals, Dogs …

Everyone except grandma is comparison shopping via mobile, study finds

Grandma and grandpa may not be doing it, but the rest of us are — and quite frequently at that. Of course, we’re talking about the growing phenomenon of using a cell phone while shopping in stores to look up …

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 …

Centzy crowdsources price info for local comparison shopping

New York City-based Centzy makes it easy for you to find the best place to get that haircut you’ve been putting off. And unlike Yelp, it has accurate pricing about local companies to let you make a fully informed decision.…