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Retailers' Discounts May Make For Worst U.S. Holiday Season In Six Years

Bloomberg | Beth Jinks and Allison Abell Schwartz | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping, Black Friday, Discount, Holiday Shopping Season, US Economy, Business News

U.S. retailers that lowered prices as much as 70 percent on the day after Thanksgiving may see sales eroded by steeper price cuts in what may be the w...

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Many Retailers See Modest Crowds, Cautious Shoppers On Black Friday

The Boston Globe | Nicole C. Wong and Jenn Abelson | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Black Friday, Consumers, US Economy, Business News

Stores across the region opened their doors before dawn yesterday with mixed results: Deals on electronics apparently drew avid shoppers, especially a...

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Black Friday Circuit City Hoax Ruffles Deal-Seeking Feathers

Black Friday Ad Hoaxes | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Hoax, Future Shop, Circuit City, Black Friday, Best Buy, Electronics, Business News

Black Friday ads have bargain hunters in a tizzy this week, but it was a Circuit City, Future and Best Buy hoax that ruffled the most feathers. A v...

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On Cue, Shoppers Show Up

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumerism, Holiday Shopping, Finance, Economy, Consumer Spending, Financial Crisis, Black Friday Deals, Black Friday, Business News

NEW YORK — Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find...

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Gift Ideas: 100 Pretty Fantastic Suggestions For Under $150

Refinery29.com | Posted 12.29.2008 | Style

Read More: Recession, Holiday Shopping, Gift Ideas, Black Friday, Style News

Check out Refinery29's "100 under $150" gift guide....

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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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Holiday Season May Already Be Over For Frantic Retailers

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Spending Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Black Friday Deals, Personal Finance, Business News

NEW YORK — The holiday shopping season begins Friday with a blitz of early morning specials. For some merchants, though, it's practically over a...

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Black Friday, Cyber Monday... Now "Green Tuesday?"

HuffPost | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Black Friday Shopping, Shopping, Black Friday, Green Living, Green Tuesday, Black Friday Deals, Green News

It wouldn't be very green to follow up your sustainable Thanksgiving with a trip in the SUV to a big box store for the Black Friday deals. What's a ...

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Black Friday Deals Could Lure Shoppers Back Online

Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Economy, Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Consumer Confidence, Personal Finance, Business News

In a year with plunging consumer confidence and investments gone sour, it's hard to know what to expect of Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving ...

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Holiday Shopping Price Wars Move Online

New York Times | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and BRAD STONE | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Finance, Economy, Black Friday, Personal Finance, Holiday Deals, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO -- As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court cash-short consumers with steep discounts this holiday season, a similar an...

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Cancel All Gifts! Sorry, But No One Gets Anything This Year

Vicky Ward | Posted 12.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Economy, Economic Crisis, Style News
Vicky Ward

In a naked effort to make us forget that we are living in an economic meltdown, the stores are full of Christmas trees and fairy lights.

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Circuit City Posts Unexpected Profit After Job Cuts

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Circuit City Profit, Circuit City, Circuit City Loss, circuitcity.com, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. — Struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as cost cutt...

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Stocks Close Flat After Erratic Trading Week

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Benazir Bhutto, Home Sales, New Home Sales, Commerce Department, Holiday Shopping Season, Post-Holiday Shopping, Stocks, Business News

Stocks finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in...

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Retailers Keep Slashing Prices To Draw Post-Holiday Bump

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Clearance Markdowns, Holiday Shopping, Gift Card Sales, Post-Holiday Shopping, Post-Christmas Shopping Rush, Retailers, Post-Holiday Bump, Bargain Hunters, Business News

The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes that a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fal...

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Retailers Usher In Post-Christmas Business

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: After Christmas Shopping, Target, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, After Christmas Sales, Business News

Retailers ushered in the post-Christmas shopping season Wednesday by opening earlier than ever and slashing prices, with hopes that bargain hunters an...

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Retailers Get Holiday Wish: Last-Minute Shopping Surge

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Weekend, Holiday Shopping Season, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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The Shoppers Who Saved Christmas

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Shoppers, Holiday Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Business News

Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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Retailers Hope For Strong Final Push

Wall Street Journal | Richard Gibson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Retail Sales, Holiday Season, Holiday Shopping, Shopping Levels, Christmas Shopping, Business News

The final weekend of the holiday shopping season will likely bring a sigh of relief from many retailers who feared that sales would be weak. Although...

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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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The Fix Finder: 24 Last-Minute Gift Ideas That Will Save Your...

Michele Wissot | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Style, Holiday Gifts, Christmas, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Tips for Holiday Season, Living News
Michele Wissot

The date is Friday, December 14, 2007. Do you know what that means? If you're already done with your holiday shopping, then you're probably scheduli...

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Holiday Shoppers Willing To Pay More For "Green" Gifts

Fox Business | Kathryn Elizabeth Tuggle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Green Gifts, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Green Shopping, Eco-Friendly Gifts, Business News

"Green" is a buzzword this season, as some gift-givers are opting to spread holiday cheer the eco-friendly way. According to a survey done by Conserv...

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Cyber Monday US Retail Sales Exceed Expectations

MSN Money | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cyber Monday News, Holiday Shopping, Cyber Monday, Cyber Monday Sales, Online Shopping, Cyber Monday Ads, CyberMonday Shopping, Cyber Shopping, Cyber Sales, Cybermonday, Business News

US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and internet r...

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Strong Retail Sales Point Wall Street To Higher Opening

AP | LAUREN VILLAGRAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Sales Reports, Cyber Monday, Holiday Shopping, ShopperTrak, Retail Sales, Wall Street, Consumer Spending, Black Friday, Business News

Wall Street headed toward a higher open on Monday as sales reports indicated a strong start to the holiday shopping season and seemed to ease investor...

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Shoppers Spent Less On Black Friday, Even As Sales Figures Climbed

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Black Friday Shopping, Shopping, Black Friday, Business News

Black Friday was big -- but with a big caveat. With stores dangling steep discounts and consumers worried about the economy, retail sales surged on t...

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Weak Dollar Bringing Droves Of European Shoppers To US Stores

Boston Globe | Jenn Abelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Weak Dollar, Strong Euro, Foreign Shoppers, Holiday Shopping Season, Business News

Hours after her flight from Dublin landed in Boston on Thanksgiving, Alice Kinsella headed in a white van with a dozen relatives and friends to Wrenth...

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