Holiday Sales

BLACK FRIDAY II Extreme Measures: JC Penney Offered Wake-Up Calls!

Wall Street Journal | ANN ZIMMERMAN, JENNIFER SARANOW and MIGUEL BUSTILLO | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business


J.C. Penney Co. is offering free wake-up calls to rouse department-store shoppers at 5:30 a.m. Friday. From the time the store opens until 1 p.m., the...

Amazon.com's Holiday Season Turns Out Cheery

247wallst.com | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business


To the amazement of Wall St., Amazon today said it had "its best holiday ever". In the firm's statement it said "Amazon announced the 2008 holiday ...

BLACK FRIDAY 2: Stores Desperate To Salvage Holiday Sales

Huffington Post | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business


Holiday shopping is way down in some areas as shoppers grapple with a weak economy and face potential layoffs and work hour cutbacks. The result is ...

Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business


Giles Slade

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

Video Game Sales Nearly $3 Billion In November

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Americans may be cutting back on holiday shopping, but they are still buying video games _ to the tune of nearly $3 billion in Novemb...

Holiday Sales View Still Weak After Weekend Rush

Reuters | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business


Consumers made repeat trips to stores and spent more on bargains this holiday weekend, but the early rush is unlikely to save retailers from a bleak s...

Black Friday Stampede Kills Worker At Wal-Mart

ny daily news/ny newsday | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business


Update: The New York Daily News is now saying that reports of a woman having a miscarriage during a Wal-Mart Black Friday stampede are unfounded. A 2...

Black Family Black Friday

Liz Black | Posted 12.28.2008 | Style


Liz Black

For every Thanksgiving day that I've stuffed my face, there has been a five am wake-up call provided by my mother in order to begin the wonderfully stressful day of Black Friday shopping.

Bad Times At Best Buy

Forbes | Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Best Buy seems like it should be the best-equipped electronics retailer to handle a difficult economic environment. The well-regarded company has the ...

Coach, Best Buy Lure Shoppers With Instant Checkout

Bloomberg | Cotton Timberlake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


U.S. retailers, confronting what may be the worst holiday-sales season in five years, are trying to get shoppers out of their stores. The FAO Schwarz...

Drop In Women's Clothing Sales Ominous Sign For Retailers

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Sales of women's clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually bleak so far this year, according to a major credit card...

Closeout Racks Overflowing For Holidays

AP | Mark Jewell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Paul Murphy went bargain hunting at a discount store called Building 19, and ended up with quite a find: A charcoal gray wool men's suit for $66 that ...