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Hot Toys For The Holiday Season
According to many news reports, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales were way up this year. So, have you started toy shopping? I'm buying up the usual suspects: Legos, Pokemon cards and books. But, I always like to find some new, surprising toys...
Tags: Toy Industry
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Walk.by steps into online clothes shopping
Chicago entrepreneur Joshua Hernandez's newest startup is testing a service that allows people to snap a photo of a clothing item they covet and, via their mobile phone, request a version of it from area boutiques. Walk.by uses the photo to query its...Tags: United Nations, Groupon, Inc., Giles, Feeding America, New York City
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Social media on Black Friday: It's in the bag
When it comes to holiday shopping, Black Friday is like the Super Bowl. Winning is everything, losing hurts and all eyes are on your offense and defense. The most hardcore shoppers already have a game plan. They already have six alarm clocks set and...
Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Super Bowl, Holidays, Social Media, Media Industry
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Cyber Monday sales expected to reach $1.5 billion
Cyber Monday sales this holiday season are expected to reach $1.5 billion, setting a new record as the most lucrative online shopping event of the year, analysts show. A blog post on Internet analytics company comScore explains that "consumers are...
Tags: Consumers, Online Media Industry, Walmart, Homes, Black Friday (shopping)
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Problem Solver: Dinosaur misses Christmas
Christmas has finally arrived for 12-year-old Lauren Villano, or at least the dinosaur skeleton portion of the holiday. The Berwyn girl can thank her grandfather's persistence for the prehistoric gift. Brian Sternberg said that when he ordered the 3-...
Tags: Consumers, Jon Yates, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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Allentown's Miller Symphony Hall takes 50 percent off a dozen shows for Cyber Monday
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGMiller Symphony Hall in Allentown is getting in on the Cyber Monday shopping, offering a whopping 50 percent off more than a dozen shows all day today. But you’ll have to be online to take part. Since you already must...... -
Zoellner Arts Center discounts tickets to more than 40 shows for Cyber Monday
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGLehigh University’s Zoellner Arts Center today becomes the latest venue to discount tickets to shows. But you’ll have to be online to take part. Since you already must be to read this, looks like you’re good. Zoellner announced on its...... -
Black Friday shopping hunt for deals starts earlier this year
FrameworkThe annual rush to shop this holiday season got underway in earnest Thanksgiving as retailers began early putting out their Black Friday specials and crowds showed up to check out the bargains.... -
Black Friday, Cyber Monday…How about GivingTuesday?
The Religion WorldJon Ostendorff with USA Today writes about charities trying to create a new holiday tradition: #GivingTuesday: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) In the days following Thanksgiving, there's already Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday to kick off... -
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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Hardware, Holidays, E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc.
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Holiday sales down 3.4% compared to last year, report says
This post has been corrected. See below for details. Early signs point to a holiday season that was not nearly as merry as retailers had hoped. Sales were down 3.4% compared to the year before, while the number of store visits plunged 16.4%, according...
Tags: Macy's, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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USPS prepared for busiest mailing day as online retailers hope for record-breaking sales
Americans mailing cards and packages coast to coast will hand over more than 658 million pieces of mail Monday to the United States Postal Service. The USPS has already seen a 20 percent surge in business compared to last year. "We’re very happy...
Tags: Throw Pillows, Services and Shopping, Government Postal Delivery, Home and Garden Products, Holidays
Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 22, 2012
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Nov 21, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 4, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 17, 2012
|Column| WXIN-LTV
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