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Here's A Black Friday Stampede To Make You Glad You Didn't Leave The House

Dan Seitz — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Here’s the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving tradition: a smartphone video of a Black Friday riot. This is in Moultrie, GA, and the swarms of people are grabbing cheap pay-as-you-go smartphones. But it’s not the only shame to be happening, as the clip you’ve seen elsewhere isn’t legit. The Daily Telegraph, you know, an august news organization paid to [...]

New Kimmel Holiday Special: 'It's Black Friday, Charlie Brown'

Kyle Dowling — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:20:52 +0000

Leave it to Jimmy Kimmel and his crew to make America’s favorite comic strip charactersÂ into greedy, dirty-mouthed misanthropes, just like the rest of us Black Friday shoppers!The Late Night talk show host’s hilarious Charlie Brown remix mocked the Black Friday shoppers of the past: the tramplers, the crazies, and the “I’ll-do-anything-to-get-what-I-want” shoppers.Â And as outlandish as [...]

Watch: Black Friday Shoppers Descend on Victoria's Secret

Tom Blunt — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:15:41 +0000

It’s not just the big-box stores like Walmart and Target who get mobbed by ‘Black Friday’ shoppers. Here you can watch as hundreds of women prepare to trample each other for fancy underwear at their local Victoria’s Secret. Shot at a mall in Overland Park, Kansas, this video captures police and store management Â attempting to [...]

Where to Find the Best Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals

Mike Adams — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:30:12 +0000

Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested. For that particular breed of deal-hungry lunatic, many retailers are offering bargains on merchandise for about 40 percent off the everyday “sane” price, according [...]

Which Companies Are on Consumer Reports' 'Naughty and Nice' List? — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:00:18 +0000

If you still need a list to check twice this holiday season, perhaps a good place to start would be the recently released annual Consumer Reports “Naughty and Nice” list. What determines how a company earns a slot on the naughty and nice list? According to Consumer Reports senior editor Tod Marks, the naughty list [...]

Kilgore's Downtown Merchants Plan Sidewalk Sale For Saturday

Lucky Larry — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:03:49 +0000

I know how much ladies love a sale (and some of you guys too) and there’s a big one coming up Saturday in downtown Kilgore. Retail merchants will be turning back the clock for their annual Retro Retail Sidewalk Sale. The sale has been reformatted this year from previous years which was an evening social [...]

Website Full Of Products You Didn't Realize You Needed

K. Thor Jensen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:00:18 +0000

There’s nothing worse than seeing an awesome Kickstarter project that you failed to fund. All of the people who chipped in cash get cool bonuses and rewards and you’re left with nothing. It can even be hard to buy the finished product once it’s done. New online store TinyLightbulbs aims to fix that problem. After [...]

How Are Stores Fighting Back Against Extreme Couponers?

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:00:43 +0000

Stores like Walmart and Kroger are sick of the practice of “staking,” in which frugal shoppers combine store and manufacturer coupons in a way that makes their items cost next to nothing — or even, in some cases, actually earns them store credit or cash back. So they are pushing back against these extreme couponers with new [...]

Apple Named America's Most Profitable Retailer, But Which Company Took Second? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:00:01 +0000

In news that would make Steve Jobs proud, Apple has been named America’s most profitable retailer, beating out other powerhouses like Tiffany & Co., GameStop and Select Comfort. In a ranking by retail analysis company RetailSails, Apple rang up $5,647 in merchandise per square foot of store space, compared to just $3,085 for the second-place [...]

Watch Gas Prices Go Up a Dime During Live News Broadcast [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:09:36 +0000

We already know gas prices are climbing precipitously high, but you don’t usually see them change right before your very eyes. For one news reporter, though, that’s exactly what happened.

Just How High Will Gas Prices Go in 2012? – Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:16 +0000

Remember the summer of 2008 when the highest gas prices on record occurred and the price for a gallon of fuel hit $4.11?

Hate to break this to yah, but a warm winter and tensions in the Middle East have some analysts predicting current prices will top $4 by this spring — and could even climb as high as $6.50.

Valentine's Day Spending Expected to Soar This Year

Shauna Wright — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:55 +0000

Americans shelled out more for holiday presents last year, and it looks like that trend will carry over to Valentine’s Day — analysts expect spending on gifts like flowers, candy, cards and jewelry to rise eight percent compared to numbers seen in 2011.

Americans Are Spending Money Again — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:22 +0000

Economically, it’s been a rough few years. But things seem to be improving — a new survey says that for the first time since 2009, Americans aren’t pinching pennies quite the way we used to. In June and December of last year, market research firm Harris Interactive surveyed 2,200 adults and asked them about 12 [...]

The Most Controversial Super Bowl Ads of All Time [VIDEOS]

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:01:36 +0000

YouTube Super Bowl ads tend to have more longevity than traditional commercials thanks to their large budgets, creative freedom and overall goal to keep you glued to the TV between quarters. Some, however, aren't remembered for the joy they brought but rather for the public outcry they produced. Super Bowl commercials have an unspoken license [...]

JC Penney Gets Rid of Sales in Favor of Permanent Discounts — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:31 +0000

For a die-hard shopper, there’s little more frustrating than buying something at full-price, only to see it go on sale shortly thereafter.

To ward that off, retailing giant JC Penney has announced that starting Feb. 1, it’s discounting all merchandise by at least 40 percent — permanently.

Why Do Online Retailers Love Mondays So Much?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:00:12 +0000

You may not look forward to Mondays, but online retailers sure do — it’s frequently the biggest day of the week for cyber-shopping. During this past holiday season, sales on Cyber Monday — the first workday after the Thanksgiving weekend — hit an all-time high, with consumers doling out some $1.25 billion. One week later, [...]