Black Friday and the weekend that followed has left the head of the West Virginia Retailers Association feeling optimistic about holiday sales. Bridget Lambert said Monday she didnt have any actual data, but I did talk to some store owners in West Virginia and we did see strong traffic out. Consumers did shop over the whole weekend. Im optimistic because it looks like consumers have shifted from just buying necessities, she said. Were seeing people purchase more jewelry and electronic entertainment. Gift card sales went up, as did toys and books. Long story short, the retailers association is optimistic that our holiday was off to a very good start. Helping this season: a cold snap just in time for the holiday weekend but no snow to hinder travel. Lisa McCracken, the Charleston Town Cen...
Black Friday at Walden Galleria might well have been called Blue Friday. That's because Cheektowaga police officers responded to 41 calls at the area's premier shopping center in the 24-hour period that began at midnight Thanksgiving, according to Cheektowaga police reports.
Officer Hasheen Basil probably didn't imagine that he'd wind up herding Black Friday shoppers when he signed on to become a member of the Philadelphia Police Department. He also probably never thought that a simple push in the back might amount to a violation of a shopper's Fourth Amendment rights.
ONTARIO - Count your blessings, and then get to shopping. Bargain hunters in the Inland Empire may find themselves in that predicament this year as more and more retailers have announced earlier pre-dawn shopping hours this Black Friday.
One of the year's biggest shopping days is just days away, with bargain-hunters expected to hit the aisles this week on Black Friday. The 2011 holiday season will likely be an "average" one, with a 2.8 percent increase to $465.6 billion in sales, according to the National Retail Federation.
Black Friday pepper spray suspect surrenders LOS ANGELES -- A woman suspected of showering Black Friday shoppers with pepper spray surrendered to authorities but was released pending further investigation after she refused to discuss the incident, police said Saturday. The woman, whose name was not released, is suspected of firing pepper spray into a crowd in order to clear a path to a crate of Xbox video game players that were being unwrapped late Thanksgiving night at a Walmart in the upscale Porter Ranch section of the San Fernando Valley. The suspect got away in the confusion, and it was not known if she bought one of the Xboxes. Ten people suffered minor injuries from the spray and 10 others sustained cuts and bruises in the ensuing chaos. "Last night at 8:30 the suspect involv...
Black Friday 2010 could be dubbed "Better Friday" -- as in better than last year. Malls and stores in North Jersey and around the nation reported encouraging signs that consumers are spending more freely this year. Crowds waiting for the pre-dawn specials were larger, mall parking lots were still packed in the afternoon, and the all-important shopping bag index -- the number of large shopping bags leaving stores -- was way up. But retailers will need to sustain Friday's momentum to come out winners for the holiday season.
With Black Friday 2011 drawing near, you may be wondering how to get the most out of your post-Thanksgiving shopping. It can seem overwhelming, but here are a few tips and a guide to help you take advantage of the best buys and avoid the worst ones. Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's always the best. Indeed, while many products will be deeply discounted on Black Friday 2011 to lure in shoppers and give retailers a boost in the competitive holiday buying season, others won't be at their lowest prices until later on -- some long after the holidays have wrapped.
Pikes Peak area residents went shopping on Black Friday for door- buster bargains, the thrill of the chase, family togetherness, to work off the pumpkin pie, for fun and to get the holiday shopping done in one fell swoop. This year, Black Friday shoppers got an early start on Thanksgiving, with large chains opening one after the other after the last of the meals were cleaned up.
Sharon Standifird now lives across the Atlantic Ocean, but she still considers herself a Black Friday shopping enthusiast. Of course they don't celebrate Thanksgiving in London," Standifird, who moved to England because of her husband's job, said Friday morning. "I came home for the shopping - and all my family is here.
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