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Major retailers report sluggish November sales despite holiday season
While the holiday shopping season seems to be giving our economy a much-needed jolt, some big box retailers are reporting sluggish November sales figures. According to a report in today's New York Times, in-store sales figures at several major...
Tags: Macy's, Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Hobbies, The New York Times
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Chick-fil-A president crossed a danger line
Despite decades if not centuries of bitter experience, business leaders apparently haven't absorbed the lesson that it's best to let your products speak for themselves and keep your big mouth shut. The latest executive to learn this the hard way is...Tags: Todd Palin, Planned Parenthood, Minority Groups, Radio, Sarah Palin
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Weis opens its largest, 'greenest' store in Lehigh Valley
Fogelsville residents have been waiting a long time for their own full-scale supermarket. Based on my advance tour, I think they'll be thrilled when the Weis Markets on Route 100 opens its doors Sunday. Some impressions: It's big, but not...
Tags: South Whitehall Township, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants
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Mortgage lender uses fear as a sales pitch
State and federal authorities may have cracked down on unscrupulous mortgage lenders to avoid a repeat of the housing market meltdown, but there are still plenty of companies that are eager to dupe people into taking out bad loans. Exhibit A:...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Business, Drugs and Medicines, Mortgages, Rite Aid Corp.
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Tech deals help drive record online spending on Black Friday
Online shoppers eager for discounts this holiday season did not wait for Cyber Monday. U.S. consumers spent a record $1.042 billion online on Black Friday, a 26% increase over the same day last year, according to new figures from comScore, an Internet...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Consumers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, News Agency, Black Friday (shopping)
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This year's upcoming museum exhibits
Glowing fish, giant dinosaurs, plasticized animals and more. That's not a description of the toy aisles at Target, or at least it's not only that. It also spotlights what's coming up in the new year at the area's family museums and zoos. Here are some...
Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Brookfield Zoo, Arts and Culture, Petroleum Industry, Paleontology
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Striving For Mass Appeal, Small Business Saturday Touts Community
The Hartford CourantIf the wretched excess of Black Friday has any benefit beyond the ritual of communal consumption, it is as a launching pad for days that are Not Black Friday. Opponents celebrate Buy Nothing Friday, online shoppers have Cyber Monday and...Tags: Cyber Monday, West Hartford, Black Friday (shopping), Holidays, Business
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Black Thursday is the new Black Friday
"Black Friday" may be a thing of the past. That's because retailers are duking it out over who is the first store to open for the big annual holiday sales. What used to be a day-after-Thanksgiving ritual, is now inching closer and closer to the...
Tags: Macy's, News Agency, Labor Markets, Black Friday (shopping), Career and Workplace
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Market Basket: Surprises, myths and misconceptions
Did you know the origin of the term "Black Friday" has nothing to do with retail or shopping? Will Friday be the busiest day of the holiday season? Are Black Friday prices the best of the season? Is it worth camping out to receive Black Friday...
Tags: Consumers, Holidays, Toys "R" Us, Inc., Walmart
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Be smart when shopping with your smartphone
In Christmases past, if you were hot for the hottest holiday gifts, you had to plow your way through store doors in the morning blackness of Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday, when you could land an even better deal shopping online while casually...
Tags: Apple iPad, E-Commerce Industry, Macy's, Cyber Monday, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Black Friday creep is ruining Thanksgiving
To the people who pitched tents earlier this week on sidewalks in front of Best Buy stores everywhere: You represent what's wrong with America. Thanksgiving was once the perfect holiday. Delectable food. No gift-giving or receiving. Football and old...
Tags: Sears, Black Friday (shopping), Career and Workplace, Holidays, Walmart
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Off Target
Because I live in suburbia and it’s 2012, I enjoy a trip to Target probably more than I should. While walking through the doors of some other retailers makes me itch, Target is all nice and clean. I’m often the weirdo you see pushing and...Tags: Holidays
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