The final stretch of the holiday shopping season was busy for retailers, but with the bar set high early on, December sales results were a letdown in some quarters. Many shoppers who took advantage of the early holiday sales in November held back and forced retailers to cut prices as Christmas neared and bad weather [...]
The 41 million people that the Air Transport Association expects to fly from Dec. 17 to Jan. 6 will be the fewest since the 2005-06 Christmas/New Year’s travel period. And it will be down 12.8% from the record 47 million travelers who are estimated to have flown on U.S. carriers two years ago. “We are [...]
USA Today offers five useful ways to save money on all those tempting gifts this holiday season! 1. Have a plan. Stores and websites are cleverly designed to get you to spend more than you intended. So it’s important to know what you are going to get and spend before you get to the mall [...]
With the national unemployment rate now above 10 percent, Wachovia, a unit of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC – News), announced it will donate $1 to Toys for Tots for every Visa gift card it sells through December 31, 2009 – up to $250,000. Proceeds will provide toys to children who might otherwise not [...]
The unofficial kickoff day for free-shipping offers is the Monday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 30). And on Dec. 17, about 500 sellers – from Toys R Us to Crate & Barrel – will join in the second annual Free Shipping Day organized by freeshipping.org, which tracks and promotes deals. Until then, here are some current offers: [...]
With the holidays approaching, retailers hope gift cards will provide one of the few sparks in a shopping season that’s otherwise likely to be lackluster. Gift cards remain the most-requested item on consumers’ gift lists, according to the National Retail Federation, making them attractive to value-conscious shoppers who don’t want to waste money on unwanted [...]
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said it will cut prices this holiday season for a week at a time on thousands of items, from bananas to board games. The first group of cuts hit Wednesday. “We will not be beaten on price,” said Eduardo Castro-Wright, vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores and leader of its U.S. [...]
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