It was the night before Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, and hotels started noticing a quirky phenomenon, reports USA Today. People stuffed with turkey and pumpkin pie were walking into their lobbies to book rooms for Thanksgiving night. Call it Black Friday shopping – to the extreme. Instead of waking up […]
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While you’re searching the isles for yourself, where are you kids at? In Merrick, NY there is a good chance that your kids are shopping in their own section at the Mini Market Kids Boutique reports the Merrick Patch. “There are not a lot of stores that focus on this type of product,” Scarfone said.
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The Friday after Thanksgiving is Black Friday, and the Monday after is Cyber Monday. What about small business? The mayor of New York City and the American Express Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault are working together to create Small Business Saturday in NYC, the first Saturday after Thanksgiving reports Crain’s New York Business. Mr. Chenault said
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Does your product have a good online reputation? Let’s hope so, because more and more shoppers are searching the Web before making purchases, according to a study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. PC Mag reports that about 58 percent of people do online research before purchasing a particular product, up from 49
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When Erika Vitiene walks into a store she has a map. Her map will lead her to the right deals so she can feed her family for as little as possible that week reports MercuryNews.com. Using each week’s circulars from grocery store Publix, the Bradenton resident plans seven dinner meals for the week according to
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When you walk into the shop created by Debbie and Kristy Yettaw, they want you to feel like animals are people too reports Press-Telegram. Debbie, a laid-off transportation worker, and her 21-year-old daughter Kristy celebrated their grand opening onJuly 10. Inspired by her daughter’s love of animals and a troubled economy, Debbie says they took
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The next time you’re in Stafford, VA you might want to keep your eyes open for a new flea market that has just launched. Doug Shirley started the mostly open market last month on a piece of commercial property he owns reports Flea Market Zone. He also operates a pet salon, crab shack, and a
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Melissa Ponce De Leon, a 19-year-old bartender from the Bronx, had just gone shopping. When she got home she sat in her tiny peach-colored room, leaned into her Web cam and held up her swag: a few MAC lipsticks, a glittery black V-neck top, a snake bracelet and a new pair of Ugg boots. According
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After spending two years clipping and saving through the use of coupons, Kasey Trenum and Kelly Thompson have started teaching others how to do what they do through day long workshops, says the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The Time 2 Save workshops teach the concept of creating a pantry stockpile by buying enough of an
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While the shopping cart might not have changed much over the years, Lee Heckendorn hopes to change that says NorthJersey.com. [He] has invented a cart that combines the standard basket on wheels with a rack for hanging clothes. His invention, called The Apparel Cart, is designed primarily to help women shopping in stores where they
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