A Cordless Drill and a Lava Lamp for under $10.00? Black Friday Thanksgiving Weekend at True Value has coffee makers, artificial Christmas trees and crockpots, compressors and drill sets, and they're all on sale at True Value for the entire Thanksgiving Weekend.

Found your Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters yet? No one else can either. The hottest Christmas toy of 2009 is out of stock nearly everywhere. Walmart, Toys"R"Us and Target advertise them, but don't have them available. You can't even order them online from these retailers. So, what's a parent to do?

Walmart Christmas Shop gets ahead of the Black Friday deals. It announced its first sale on this week on November 7th. The special deals will be for one day in store only.

The ghosts and goblins have yet to go trick-or-treating, but it's Christmas season already at Sears, where Black Friday 2009 will fall on October 30.

It is only October but the Black Friday deals are already being leaked to the media. Electronics, iMac and MacBook Computers as well as $129 Netbooks top the list of bargains that holiday shoppers will get up before dawn to purchase. The prices are sure to be budget friendly but the inventory will be low. The poor economy has many retailers keeping less stock on hand. The bargains will go to those who plan ahead and make the purchase before the inventory is gone.

Kmart's National Layaway Week kicked off with radio show host of the The Steve Harvey Morning Show encouraging consumers to try laying away purchases online as an alternative to credit card shopping. Shop Kmart online and save time in long lines at the mall.

U.S. retailers are offering unprecedented discounts in their 2008 Day After Christmas sales to lure more customers to their websites for online shopping and to their stores.

Retailers across the nation are planning huge day after Christmas sales in 2008. There are many sales and discounts going around. Every retailer is trying to make an extra sale. How does the consumer navigate in this web of sales and discounts?

Looking for stores open on Christmas Day but don’t know where to start?

Winter weather and the snowstorm have covered most parts of the United States. As the mega storms are brewing with high winds and Long Island is bracing for the second snowstorm consumers are facing difficulties to in completing their holiday shopping which is already full of holiday stress.

The date of the famous Cyber Monday 2008 is around the corner. Consumers are flooding the web stores of retailers and technology sellers looking for Cyber Monday ads and deals. One ad says by nothing.

Retailers are dealing with the loss of a very important shopper this season: Baby Boomer women. Analysts are saying that women are sacrificing their shopping needs for that of their families this retail season.