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...necessarily, say consumer experts. "According to various research findings, a company will have a tough time increasing prices once they've lowered them," says C.W. Park, a marketing professor at the University of Southern California and editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. "Shoppers start to think the discounts are the base prices, and you risk alienating the shoppers if you raise them. Logically, you'd think that consumers would appreciate the lower prices and be understanding when they go back up. It doesn't always work that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abercrombie & Fitch: Worst Recession Brand? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...pursuit of a floating island; My Neighbor Totoro, in which two girls meet some agreeable forest spirits; and Kiki's Delivery Service, about a 13-year-old witch who starts her own business. All are artistic triumphs and certified delights - close kin to Lasseter's CGI wizardry and Nick Park's stop-motion Wallace and Gromit films. These are Miyazaki's animation amigos: "My comrades in arms," he says, "in trying to keep good quality and commercially viable animation going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ponyo: A Hit from the Creator of Spirited Away? | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...NHTSA] can turn down a problem that's rapidly turning out to be as bad as drunk driving," says Clarence Ditlow, CAS's executive director. "We're asking that technology be installed in cars to disable their cell phones whenever you shift out of park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Distracted Driving: Should Talking, Texting Be Banned? | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...city - which will extend the city's technological reach. Seoul's nearly 4-mile-long (6 km) Cheonggye Stream walkway, which runs through the high-rises of downtown Seoul, is the site of a U-city pilot project. Via their phones and laptops or on touchscreens located in parks and public plazas, citizens can check air-quality or traffic conditions or even reserve a soccer field in a public park. The city also sends out customized text messages. The city's chief information officer, Song Jung-hee, says those with respiratory problems can get ozone and air-pollution alerts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seoul: World's Most Wired Megacity Gets More So | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Fenway Park: 1. Home field of the World Champion Boston Red Sox, perennial rivals of the New York Yankees. Go now—and leave your Yankees cap at home...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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