South Korean's Samsung Electronics is developing a new generation refrigerator, equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which detects when its contents are running low or approaching expiration dates. According to the Korea Times's Wednesday edition, in addition to automatically sensing inventory needs such as when milk or juices run low, Samsung's refrigerator could even send a shopping list to its owner's cell phone or to the supermarket.

A shopping center in Renfrewshire, Scotland was forced to advise Santa Claus to wear a helmet after being pelted with mince pies. It was reported that several youngsters threw the mince pies from the upper level of the Paisley Center in Renfrewshire as Santa was giving out presents to children visiting the shop.

Malaysia introduced its first self-cleaning public toilets located in the Kuala Lumpur shopping district. The move is in preparations for a major tourism campaign next year. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the new toilets with their various facilities would be welcomed by visitors to the country.

A shopping center in Nottingham, England is now the subject of ire by parents after a security guard in the arcade told their children to shut up while singing Christmas carols to entertain shoppers. The children's Christmas choir, comprised of 23 children aged three to five, were reduced to tears after security guards at the Nottingham's Exchange Arcade told them to shut up and stop singing carols because they were too noisy.

A 22-year-old man shopping in the toy department of a Wal-Mart Supercenter found a open pack of cigarettes under a shelf and discovered a bag containing a white, powdery substance. Police said the substance was later identified as one gram of cocaine - an amount that could be lethal for a child. According to AP, police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said, "Being in the toy department, a child could easily have found it, and children will put anything in their mouths. "