I hope your Valentine’s Day is going well. Here’s an interesting survey about what baby boomer consumers are planning for this day of love. This Valentine’s Day, 79 percent of baby boomers plan to give a gift to their significant other, and 31 percent plan to splurge on expensive gifts... Read more →
Opinions differ as to who was the original Valentine, but the most popular theory is that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome. In A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius I declared Feb. 14 as Valentine Day. Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, is given... Read more →
The Consumer Federation of America has released a report showing that the recent analyses of broadband prices and services from the Phoenix Center and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation are flawed and misleading. “CFA’s comprehensive, fact-based analysis stands in stark contrast to the error and bluster we’ve seen from... Read more →
Ads during Sunday’s Super Bowl cost $4 million for a 30-second spot, up from last year's $3.5 million. The game drew 111.5 million viewers. I’m not a football fan, but since I live in the Seattle area, I enjoyed seeing the Seahawks playing and winning… big. However, I wasn’t impressed... Read more →
I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #344. As the snow storms surprisingly spread to the Seattle area where I live, boomer bloggers are writing about health, aging battles, exercise, cars, and music. Testosterone replacement therapy is becoming a craze. Unfortunately it’s not without the possibility of... Read more →
Consumers continue to rank Toyota, Ford, Honda, and Chevrolet as the leading brands overall, but several others, including Tesla and Subaru, are moving up the rankings, according to Consumer Reports’ annual Car-Brand Perception Survey. Toyota has a 25-point advantage over second-place Ford, reflecting a five-point gain over the year prior... Read more →
Britax Child Safety Inc. is recalling about 216,000 B-Agile, B-Agile Double, and BOB Motion strollers in the United States and 8,800 in Canada The hinge on the stroller’s folding mechanism can partially amputate consumers’ fingertips, break their fingers, cause severe lacerations, or other injuries when they press the release button... Read more →
Karen D. Austin of The Generation Above Me is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #343. As the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl and winter storms continue to blanket many parts of the country, boomer bloggers are writing about: A record number of federal baby boomer... Read more →
Gree is expanding its recall of dehumidifiers to include about 350,000 GE brand dehumidifiers in the United States and 2,700 in Canada. Gree previously recalled 2.2 million dehumidifiers under 12 other brand names in September 2013. The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke and catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards to... Read more →