Black Friday is traditionally known as the biggest shopping day of the year. With the state of the current economy still at a low point, how did Black Friday 2009 shape up? Did consumers bring the ka-ching to the nation’s retailers or has Black Friday turned red?
Overall, retailers made some major changes in their Black [...]
November 28th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
With never-ending talk about the recession and budgeting concerns of families everywhere, this year’s holiday shopping season has shoppers concerned if there will even be a Christmas for their families come December. While many shoppers are taking an early lead to find the deals on gift items for this Christmas, many more are still prevented [...]
October 14th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued
A report based upon a projection released on Kudlow & Co. (CNBC), during the week of October 5th. “Retailers are expecting a 1% decline during this Christmas selling season following the 3.5% decline they experienced last year.
Last year’s sales were $442 billion with an expectancy of $438 billion this year. The report further [...]
October 13th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
The spooky climate of the economy is having an effect on this year’s Halloween celebrations. Research conducted by the National Retail Federation shows that more consumers are planning to cut back or miss out on many of the traditional celebrations of Halloween. Nearly one in three consumers say that budgeting concerns and the economy will [...]
October 13th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued
If you are following your budget and eating or going out less than usual, it may be time for a brush up lesson on tipping during the holiday season. As we schlep around the malls and visit restaurants and family, there may be more occasions that call for a need to tip others who help [...]
December 19th, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued
It is almost hard to believe Thanksgiving is almost upon us and Christmas is right around the corner. While both holidays bring immediate images of families and friends gathering together to celebrate, they can also bring serious concerns about finances, especially when it comes to holiday shopping bills.
Black Friday occurs the day after Thanksgiving where [...]
As I write this article, millions of shoppers across the nation are invading retail stores hoping to get the best possible deals on their Christmas presents. We hit Wal-Mart up at 5:30 this morning and scored a new desktop computer for $399.99 and a Garmin GPS device for next to nothing! There are definitely some [...]
November 23rd, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Have you ever considered that perhaps the single craziest day of the year, Black Friday, immediately follows one of the most relaxing days of the year, Thanksgiving Day? I guess we need time to relax and prepare before fighting through masses of people at 5:00 AM! On Black Friday, shoppers all across America will flock [...]
November 21st, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Thanksgiving is easily in the top two or three holidays for most Americans. Who doesn’t love spending time with family and gorging themselves all sorts of delicious tryptophan laced foods? Thanksgiving day is usually extremely relaxing and fun, unless you have to cook. It takes a lot of work to make a dinner like that [...]
November 21st, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Perhaps one of the most interesting examples of capitalism in the last few decades is the practice of consumers flocking to retailers before the crack of dawn on the day after Thanksgiving, known as “Black Friday.” Consumers fight huge crowds and go store to store looking for great deals on Christmas gifts, and retailers make [...]
November 16th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
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