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Valentine's Day: Four socially responsible ways to celebrate
I love love. When it comes to Valentine’s Day, though, I’d rather skip the whole ordeal and enjoy a date night with my husband on any other night in February. The only thing more dreadful than prix fixe Valentine’s meals are the...
Tags: Hanukkah, Services and Shopping, Hugh Jackman, Judaism, The Huffington Post
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Valentine's Day gifts for kids
Chicago ShoppingOn a distant Valentine’s Day, a young Chicago gal living the sweet life enjoyed a swanky lunch in the Gold Coast with a new suitor and a dozen of the loveliest red roses. And, on that very same day, enjoyed a dinner date with another handsome...Tags: Just Born, Inc., Gold Coast, Toy Industry, Services and Shopping, Family
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Introducing the Facebook card: Social network debuts gift cards
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is rolling out a new commerce product: gift cards. The move is an expansion of its Gifts program. The preloaded cards will work with retailers in the real world. Initial launch partners are Jamba Juice, Olive Garden,...
Tags: Walmart, Services and Shopping, Olive Garden, Media Industry, Mark Zuckerberg
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Kirkland's will have grand opening in Bel Air Feb. 9
Kirkland’s, a home décor and gifts store, will hold a grand opening in Bel Air Plaza in Bel Air on Feb. 9, the retailer announced.
The store at 567 Baltimore Pike, one of 324 nationwide, will employ up to 18 people and offer decorative items, gifts...Tags: Services and Shopping, Gifts
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4 ways to keep from overspending as holidays near
Sun SentinelWith only six days to go before Christmas, some South Floridians may panic and end up spending more than they can afford on gifts, warns a founder of a counseling agency. "Procrastinating shoppers risk not finding the gifts they were looking for and are...Tags: Interior Policy, Services and Shopping, Personal Data Collection, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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How to avoid overspending for the holidays
It may be tempting to buy just about anything to check off your Christmas list in this final stretch of the holiday shopping season. However, financial experts say this is a crucial time to set yourself up for a financially successful 2013. "It's the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, Holidays, National Retail Federation, Finance
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Police and youngsters share the joy at Shop with a Cop
It soon became obvious last weekend at the Westminster Senior Center that there are certainly different approaches to wrapping presents. Westminster Police Chief Jeffrey Spaulding had a no nonsense approach, cutting fast and flipping a box quickly....
Tags: Walmart, Services and Shopping, Holidays, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Gifts
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Boxing Day comes to Imperial Valley
Staff WriterSEELEY — Wanting to take advantage of sales and goods typically not found in her native Canada, June Otto spent Wednesday morning at the mall’s J.C. Penney and Macy’s. Not having had to do any Christmas shopping for her extended family,...Tags: Mexico Vacations, Boxing Day, Services and Shopping, Travel, Holidays
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Gift card sales booming during the holidays
Cheryl Knauer has a restaurant gift card in mind for her in-laws, a massage gift card planned for another family member and intends to pick up cards in smaller dollar amounts to Chick-fil-A and Starbucks for kids' stockings and teachers' gifts. The...
Tags: The Home Depot, Gifts, Parkville, Starbucks Corp., McDonald's
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Challenge: prioritizing others
Christmas is known as the season of giving. We are all so busy thinking about giving presents to others that it can become a hectic time of year. In an effort to avoid the rush of shoppers filling the stores on weekends, I spent Wednesday trying to...Tags: Services and Shopping, Religious Festivals, Christmas, The Salvation Army, Holidays
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Last-minute shoppers raced against the clock
Staff WriterFor Imperial resident Ralph Monroy, buying a last-minute gift for his 6-month-old son on Christmas Eve was not the ideal strategy, but when he couldn’t find the right gift, Monroy says he had to hit the stores. “I waited because I usually...Tags: Services and Shopping, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Gifts, Target
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Home Builders go shopping for Christmas charities
ReporterThey rolled out with empty shopping carts, and a few ideas of what a teenager might like for Christmas. Members of the Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association fanned out across the Bonsack Walmart Monday morning. And the presents began to pile up....Tags: Walmart, Services and Shopping, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Homes, Religious Festivals
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