Black Friday News

A local woman watched herself on television on Sunday night - for the second time in recent months.

Because of "Black Friday," and all the turkeys and fixings bought by Las Crucens and people from other nearby communities who chose to shop in Las Cruces, gross receipts taxes have noticeably increased.

The holiday season is full of festivities from children's plays to office parties to checking off shopping lists.

For Belmont florist Christine Haverty, Valentine's Day is definitely the "Black Friday" for love.

The most wonderful time of the year for television-crazed consumers isn't the days leading up to Black Friday.

LL Cool J hosts the 54th annual awards ceremony that, let's face it, is just a lot of glorified concerts with some awards handed out while they change the stage.

People braved the weather to scoop up bargains at the new Goodwill store that opened in Des Plaines on Friday.

Smartphones took center stage in the consumer shopping experience during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to The NPD Group's Connected Intelligence SmartMeter, which tracks consumer use of smartphone applications, communications, and content services.

Joni and her friends, also known as the Couponterage, have a pretty great, streamlined system in place for getting all their Black Friday shopping done that includes sprinting from store to store and finding the items they want to purchase as quickly as possible.

No one knew what to expect from horror-thriller Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe 's first film since the Harry Potter franchise, including whether Potter fans--a potent force--would continue to follow the young actor.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market celebrated its grand opening today at 2238 Broad St.

Topeka police detectives said Tuesday that Walmart is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the theft of more than $250,000 from the store in November.

Unlike a stereotypical fashionista who must save, wait patiently for Black Friday, and practically starve in order to afford what many have described as the "latest in fashion," Kristian Smith, a 21-year old graduate student at Florida State University, embraces creativity and indulges in thrift shopping.

Wow, people really did spend the day on Monday talking about the Super Bowl. Volume on the NYSE was only 644 million shares: the slowest day of the year.

A record 4.4 million shoppers visited the Woodburn Company Stores outlet mall in 2011.

Memories are monumental in shaping history. And just as a journal holds your thoughts, memories and interests from years past, online searches can mark the people, places and events that mattered most in a given year.

Talk about the economy for the last couple of years has often been terse. In the now recently past holiday season, however, Natchezians seemed to feel a little freer with their cash, and local retailers say their customers spent more time shopping and spending locally.

Seven Springs has about 1,200 snowmaking stations that cover 95 percent of its 285 acres of ski and snowboard terrain.

A shopping center and nearby roads on the Grand Strand were evacuated for several hours after authorities checked out a car carrying chemicals used for making methamphetamines.

Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook has once again reached rock-bottom prices, with the 16GB model selling for $199 at ShopBlackBerry.com . That's $300 cheaper than the BlackBerry PlayBook's original price.