In a colorful cardboard box, behind a layer of cellophane, a perfectly posed Barbie sits awaiting love. Her peroxide blonde hair is perfectly tamed, her outfit neatly fitted, and her lips painted in ...

Back in olden times — like 10 years ago — children wanted what they saw on TV commercials for holiday gifts. But thanks to YouTube, they have fallen in love with "unboxing" videos. This very unsexy ...

In 1912, the Cracker Jack company made a fateful change to its business strategy. Starting in 1910, every box of the caramel-corn snack had contained a coupon, perhaps for a household appliance, or ...

Kids like weird things: Yellow sponge-boys, talking doe-eyed ponies, ruddy-cheeked rodents that say only “pika pika,” and, especially in the past few years, unboxing videos. Kids’ unboxing videos are ...