Feds in Minn. seize more than $640K in fake goods

Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized more than 17,000 counterfeit items from Twin Cities-area businesses last week, cracking down on the sale of fake goods before the holiday shopping season begins.

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Jackson merchandise deal delayed

Michael Jackson fans will have to wait a little longer for official merchandise after a judge delayed his approval of key contracts.

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Jackson estate confronts fake merchandise dealers

Down a crowded merchant-lined street in downtown Los Angeles called Santee Alley, a handful of vendors are selling Michael Jackson T-shirts. Two shirts memorialize his passing, but one gets the date of his death wrong. The other has no collar tag.

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Michael Jackson concert merchandise for sale

Michael Jackson's comeback concerts will never happen, but you can still get the T-shirt.

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Nearly all the MJ merchandise is ‘bootlegged’

Tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial tribute were in heavy demand, with over 1.6 million requests for only 8,750 recipients, each of whom were entitled to a pair.

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Shoppers snatch up Obama shirts, hats, undies

Ever since George Washington took that most solemn oath of office, Americans have been commemorating presidential inaugurations with cherished keepsakes. Banners, buttons — that sort of thing.

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King family seeks to cash in on MLK-Obama items

Zealous guardians of his words and his likeness, the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, posters and other merchandise depicting the civil rights leader alongside Barack Obama.

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Wal-Mart benefits from new merchandising focus

Wal-Mart's better-than-expected sales in May got a boost from customers spending their government stimulus checks, but company officials noted that its faster, cleaner and friendlier approach to merchandising is clearly resonating with shoppers in a challenging economy.

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Baker County deputies were called to a CVS in Macclenny on Dec. 16 in reference to a child left unattended outside of the store. When they arrived, they had no idea that was just the tip of the iceberg.

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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.

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Here's an interesting note about the top ten merchandise sellers at WWE Shop right now. Jeff Hardy/"The Hardys" appear on the list the most, securing spots 1, 5, 7, 8 and 9. John Cena takes up spots 2, 3 and 6 while D-X comes in on 4 and 10.

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Most people go to Walmart to spend money, but deputies say Phillip Wright went to a Walmart off State Road 70 to make money.

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Obama Sushi! Yep! Just one of the 12. LOL

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Grand opening of first UK Ferrari store

Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen today officially opened the UK's first Ferrari Store at 193-197 Regent Street in the very heart of London.

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So I guess it's inauguration day today, which means that right now as you read this President Bush is probably frantically running from room to room of the White House, panicked that he accidentally packed up and shipped his car keys to Texas.

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NEW YORK (CBS) -- The bad economy has been particularly hard on retailers, but now they are getting hit again -- this time by shoplifters. There has been a shoplifting surge across the country.

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Since the election the newspaper industry and retail outlets have raked in huge profits from Obama "merchandise madness".

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There's a new economic boom in Alaska -- and it has nothing to do with oil. Call it "Palin-mania."

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Dent Myers accumulates Confederate curios in what he calls 'the best little warhouse in Kennesaw.' Christopher Dickey tours the store and Myers shares his controversial opinions on race and politics. (Producer/Camera: Lee Wang, Editor: Ira Spitzer)

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When a presidential race is in full stride, most pay close attention to the daily speeches and take part in furious debates with friends and co-workers. Some make merchandise that is so outlandish Rue Paul would be embarrassed. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

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It may be too late for this merch to brighten up this Fourth of July, but as with Christmas lights on the house in June, it's never too early to get ready for an upcoming holiday even if it's months off.

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" Spencer's gift shops have long been known as the place to buy gag gifts and raunchy novelties. But walk through most any Spencer's shop these days and you will find shelf after shelf of risqué, sexually explicit items. Products that would offend some adults.

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Online merchants are offering all manner of products bearing the likeness of US presidential candidates. From frontrunner to fringe, every candidate is thoroughly affirmed, accosted, and defamed.

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....Sears did say, though, that increased competition, weakness in the housing and consumer credit markets, and unseasonably warm weather dragged down sales of apparel and other seasonal merchandise in the quarter.

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State lawmakers voted Monday to enact new laws designed to stop the sale of anti-war T-shirts with the names of dead soldiers -- a measure a veteran media lawyer says is "unconstitutional about three or four different ways." On a 28-0 margin, the Senate agreed to make it punisha …

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.... Diddy. Warren Buffett. Jay-Z. Bill Gates. You don't normally think of rap artists like Diddy and Jay-Z in the same league as legendary entrepreneurs like Buffett and Gates, but you should.

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Shoe-searching consumers who jumped into online shopping with both feet last year helped push Internet sales ahead of projections, to $219.9 billion, up 25%, according to a report from Forrester Research for Shop.org, a retail trade group. For the first time in history, online s …

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Looking for something different? Looking for unique items at affordable prices? Look no further. Here's what Renee has to say about Midnight Velvet….

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Che Guevara is the Great Salesman of Communism. He started his glamorous life by killing people who didn't buy his ideas of universal happiness and equality.

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Newsvine merchandise: shop your politics!

Recently the Vine team released their logos for general use, and so I thought we might put together some vine merchandise with this.

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The Google Store has now begun selling Google Gum to promote the Google brand. Whatever will they think of next!

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