Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter visited Temple as part of the DESIGNweek Challenge, a four-day design contest organized by the university's new Urban Apps & Maps studio that brought together more than 125 area students to envision new products and services inspired by opportunities in North Philadelphia.

In this week's installment of the student video series, budding entrepreneur Nish Patel explains how participating in business plan competitions — including Temple's annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl — helped him launch a succesful apparel company called Verde Styles.

An international study of holiday shopping and religion co-authored by marketing professor Ayalla Ruvio finds that dominant religious groups are more likely to experience “consumption mass hysteria” while shoppers in minority religions may view malls and store as places to interact with those who share similar beliefs.