Yonkers, NY, and Arlington, VA — Consumer Reports (CR) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) are teaming up for the first time to recommend safe, reliable and affordable used vehicles for teenage drivers. In recent years, both organizations…
Pittsboro, NC – An ordinary trip to the Siler City or Northeast Chatham Walmart will now include crowd control and restrictions on the movements of shoppers. Walmart sent out a press release on Friday outlining changes they were instituting in…
Yonkers, NY — Consumer Reports (CR), the nonprofit organization, today announced the first privacy and security ratings since the launch of the Digital Lab, a major initiative to expand CR’s work on privacy, digital security and emerging issues in digital…
Yonkers, NY – In response to Consumer Reports’ recent article “Meat Gets A Makeover” focusing on plant-based alternatives to traditional beef burgers, Rachel Konrad – Impossible Foods’ PR chief – published an inflammatory and misleading attack on the motivations and…
Washington, DC – Stamps are set to increase beginning January 27. This is the biggest price hike for postage since 1991. In October, the U.S. Postal Service board of governors requested a 5 cent increase to the forever stamp, upping the price…
Raleigh, NC – The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects consumers to spend approximately $1,000 this year leading to $720 billion spent overall for holiday shopping. As shoppers set records on spending Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina (BBB) urges…
by Monnda Welch Pittsboro, NC – So I answered my phone, and what I heard was it ringing to another line. Then a person came on the line from Express Update. She asked if my name was Monnda. I know…
Advocates urge CFPB to protect seniors from reverse mortgage abuses Washington, D.C. – A new study released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that many advertisements for reverse mortgages contain incomplete or inaccurate information that can pose a serious…
Siler City, NC – As part of Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Month, several Chatham agencies and organizations have joined together to hold a seminar in Siler City on Consumer Fraud, Scams and Identity Theft. People of all ages…
Not every product lives up to its claims, and others sometimes exceeds expectations. The January 2014 issue of ShopSmart, from Consumer Reports, spotlights dozens of products in six categories – cleaning and home improvement, food and wine, cooking and food prep, electronics, everyday products, and cars – that stood out in tests and identifies fifteen that weren’t up to par.