Holiday shopping

A Black Friday Survival Guide

Michael Santo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:04:25 -0600

Black Friday is nearly upon holiday shoppers. As the Friday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year for brick-and-mortar retailers. Many of the Black Friday deals at Sears, Wal-Mart, Target, and others are limited in number, and the crowds are immense. How can you survive?

Black Friday Doorbusters Not Always Bargains

Michael Santo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:03:28 -0600

You might remember those car ads people railed about. "Come in and get a Mercedes for Half-Price!" Of course, those only applied to ONE individual car on an entire lot. As Black Friday continues to be the biggest shopping day of the year, doorbusters are supposed to be the biggest bargains. However, in reality, are Black Friday doorbuster deals a bargain?

Black Friday Toys: Deals at Walmart, Target, Toys R Us and More

Donna Diegel — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:33:04 -0600

Who has the best deals on Black Friday toys? The hottest Christmas toys of 2009 are Zhu, Zhu Pets, Barbie Dolls, Transformers, Hot Wheels, Nintendo DSi and Wii, LeapFrog, Tonka Mighty Truck and many more toys, electronics, and video games. With stores leaking their deals early, why wait until Black Friday – the traditional day after Thanksgiving shopping day – to find out what retailers are offering, when you can "window shop" now?

Hottest Christmas Toys for 2009: Zhu Zhu Pets and Nintendo DSi

Donna Diegel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:04:46 -0600

Looking for the Best Selling Toys this year? Get ready for Black Friday 2009. Zhu Zhu Pets and Nintendo DSi, Legos and Maxus Dragonoid, Mindflex and Dora Links Doll, Transformers Devastator and G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra, are just some of the toys kids will be looking for under the Christmas tree this year. The question is, can you find them in time, and without paying a fortune?

Walmart Features Christmas Shop, 1st Sale Soon

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:18:41 -0600

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.

Black Friday 2009 Deals Available Today

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:16:51 -0600

Current economic difficulties have made many retailers to give an early start to their Black Friday 2009 deals and offer discounts ahead of the competing retailers in the hope of making more sales. In fact Sears was one of them that started its Black Friday 2009 deals last week.

Sears Black Friday 2009 Starts This Week

Sandy Smith — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:23 -0500

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.

Old Navy Flip Flop 2009 Sale Lures Shoppers

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:40:39 -0500

The search for Old Navy store hours has been one of the top things in people's minds as they want to take advantage of Old Navy's Memorial Day flip flop 2009 sale.

What Stores Are Open On News Year's Day

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:48:12 -0600

In many parts of the world the New Year's day is a holiday and people don't work. This has raised a question: are the stores open on New Year's day, or actually what stores are open on New Year's day.

Retail Stores Close Due To Poor Holiday Sales

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:09:18 -0600

U.S. retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers after poor sales during the winter holiday season.

Four UK retailers call in administrators during the week of Christmas

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:33:56 -0600

Four UK retailers The Officers Club, Whittard of Chelsea, Zavvi and Adams Childrenswear have called in administrators during the Christmas week in 2008.

A Wii Christmas: Console Gets VOD, Raises Amazon Holiday Sales

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:00:22 -0600

Two news bits about the Nintendo Wii snuck out during yesterday’s Christmas Day lull: Nintendo announced that the Wii would finally be getting video downloads, and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) said that the console topped its holiday best-seller list.