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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

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Black Friday 2 Deals, Retail Sales, Black Friday 2 Sales, JC Peney, Black Friday 2, Holiday Sales, JC Penney Wake-Up Calls, Business News

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...

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Amazon.com's Holiday Season Turns Out Cheery

247wallst.com | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Amazon.com, Holiday Sales, Holiday Shopping, Economy, Business News

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 ...

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BLACK FRIDAY 2: Stores Desperate To Salvage Holiday Sales

Huffington Post | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Retail Sales, Holiday Sales, Holiday Shopping, Black Friday 2 Sales, Black Friday 2, Black Friday 2 Deals, Business News

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 ...

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Shoplifting Soars As Economy Tumbles

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA and SEAN D. HAMILL | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Holiday Sales, Shoplifting, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Richard R. Johnson is the first to admit it was a bad idea. Recently laid off from a job building trailers in Elkhart, Ind., Mr. Johnson came up a...

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News
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.

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Video Game Sales Nearly $3 Billion In November

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Video Games, Sales, Video Game Sales, Holiday Sales, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, Business News

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...

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Inventories Cut By Most In 5 Years

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Inventories, Recession, Holiday Sales, Inventory Report, Business News

WASHINGTON — Businesses facing a record drop in sales reduced their inventories in October by the largest amount in five years, another sign the...

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Family Of Wal-Mart Employee Jdimytai Damour Sues Over Trampling Death

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Wal-Mart Death, WalMart Trampling, Family Sues Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Crowds, Holiday Sales, Jdimytai Damour, Business News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed ...

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Holiday Sales View Still Weak After Weekend Rush

Reuters | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Sales Weak, Holiday Sales, Holiday Shopping, Weekend Rush, Black Friday, Holiday Weekend, Business News

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...

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Black Friday Stampede Kills Worker At Wal-Mart

ny daily news/ny newsday | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Sales, Black Friday Deaths, Black Friday Miscarriage, Black Friday, Walmart Stampede, Walmart Miscarriage, Black Friday Stampede, Black Friday Kills, Black Friday Casualties, Walmart Stampeed, Business News

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...

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Black Family Black Friday

Liz Black | Posted 12.28.2008 | Style

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Black Friday Shopping, Insanity, Shopping, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fashion, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Sales, Thanksgiving Commentary, Style News
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.

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Bad Times At Best Buy

Forbes | Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Weak Economy, Holiday Sales, Electronics Retailer, Best Buy, Business News

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

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Target Warns Sales May Have Dropped In December

AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Target Corp, Target, Holiday Sales, Target Stores, Holiday Sales Reports, Business News

Early holiday sales reports are weak, with Target Corp., the nation's No.2 retailer, warning that its sales may have fallen in December. A broad gaug...

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Coach, Best Buy Lure Shoppers With Instant Checkout

Bloomberg | Cotton Timberlake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Quick Checkouts, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Instant Checkout, Charlotte Russe, Holiday Shopping Weekend, Coach, Best Buy, Apple Stores, Apple, Mystery Shopping Providers Association, Circuit City, Worst Holiday Sales Season, FAO Schwarz, Holiday Sales, Apple Roving Checkout, Business News

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...

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Drop In Women's Clothing Sales Ominous Sign For Retailers

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Retail, Holiday Sales, Fashion, Holiday Retail, Business News

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...

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Closeout Racks Overflowing For Holidays

AP | Mark Jewell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wholesalers, Closeout Sales, Department Stores, Holiday Sales, Business News

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 ...

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