Battle For Deals Nationwide Includes Pepper Spray, Shootings
The holiday shopping season got off to an ugly start with shoppers pepper-spraying one another to battle for bargains and robbers shooting shopper...
The holiday shopping season got off to an ugly start with shoppers pepper-spraying one another to battle for bargains and robbers shooting shopper...
The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 11.25.2011
Black Friday -- the two foreboding words conjure up visions of winding lines, stuffed shopping carts, stampedes of shoppers and seriously annoying com...
Posted 11.25.2011
With deals on everything from big screen televisions to scarves, Black Friday offers the opportunity for shoppers to splurge on discounted items. G...
George Hobica | Posted 01.25.2012
In this short but excellent space in time (known as "dead weeks" in the travel biz), much of the world (well, places you don't have to spend a ton of money to fly to) is your oyster. This is, for example, a fantastic time for domestic road trips, or visits to Mexico and Canada. Sometimes, the bargains are so seriously good, it's enough to make you want to cancel Christmas (and New Year's) and take your time off now.
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.25.2011
On November 25, Apple's online store slashed prices on several popular items in honor of Black Friday. The discounted items offered during the one-...
AP | By ROBERT JABLON | Posted 01.24.2012
LOS ANGELES -- A woman trying to improve her chance to buy cheap electronics at a Walmart in a wealthy suburb spewed pepper spray on a crowd of shoppe...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 11.25.2011
Do you get a rush when you purchase something? When you swipe your credit card, use the stylus to hit "yes" on the machine, and then take your just-bo...
AP | MAE ANDERSON AND ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 01.24.2012
A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores...
Posted 11.25.2011
Black Friday: It's one of the biggest shopping days of the year -- famous for long lines, huge deals and shopper stampedes. And this year, even in a d...
Madeleine Crum | Posted 11.25.2011
The bizarre and sometimes violent social phenomenon that is Black Friday is upon us. Although past years have resulted in sleep loss, trampling and st...
Posted 11.24.2011
According to CNN Money, more than 152 million people will be shopping over Black Friday weekend, which, thanks to extended hours, now starts on Thursd...
Third Age | Posted 11.24.2011
Some consumers dream of Black Friday all year long, relishing the predawn moment when they can run the door-buster gauntlet. But what products are li...
Peter Greenberg | Posted 01.24.2012
Don't go to the mall with your family on Black Friday. Instead, go online to score 2012 travel deals.
The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 11.23.2011
If recent trends hold true, a nationwide push to get customers in stores earlier than ever on Black Friday may pay off. The share of Black Friday ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.24.2011
Laurie Black, a 32-year-old preschool teacher from Auburn, Mass., finds herself out of a job this holiday season for the second year in a row. But she...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 11.23.2011
Consider it the daily-deal gold rush. First, there was Groupon's much-anticipated IPO in early November, which valued the market leader at $12.7 billi...
Posted 11.25.2011
Before putting on your shoulder pads and Tebowing in advance of Black Friday, we have great news: you can avoid most of the long lines and NFL-worthy ...
The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 11.22.2011
Black Friday has become a tradition as ubiquitous as pumpkin-colored pie and fried turkey-related third-degree burns. And while we're putting the fini...
Posted 11.22.2011
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Retailers are saving some of their deepest discounts on Black Friday for video game products, with large chains Wal-M...
Posted 11.16.2011
The lines between Thanksgiving day and Black Friday are blurring this year and some aren't happy about it. Tens of thousands have signed a petitio...
Posted 01.06.2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may not be a blood bath, but it will definitely be a dogfight. The television aisles of top U.S. retailers are poised f...
AP | Posted 12.28.2011
NEW YORK -- As the run-up to holiday shopping intensifies, Target Corp. said Friday that its stores will open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day for the ...
AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Shoppers spent a bit more in early November, raising retailers' spirits about the holiday season right before it kicks into high gear. ...
WalletPop | Posted 05.25.2011
If it seems the Black Friday hype is starting earlier this year, you're not wrong. Retailers are more competitive than ever before and Black Friday ad...
nytimes.com | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011
The year's most popular discount shopping event, referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving, is arriving ahead of Halloween this year, with some promo...
Posted 11.25.2011