Biggest deal for retailers? Being first to open doors Joan Verdon / Bergen Record Target is opening at 4 a.m., so Kohl’s is opening at 3 a.m. Walmart is opening at midnight, so Toys “R” Us is opening at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving evening. It’s the annual race of the retailers to beat the competition to […]

More holiday shoppers log on for deals Steve Raabe / The Denver Post Online shopping is projected to take a bigger slice of the holiday retail pie this year. The increase comes from more shoppers using online specialists such as Amazon and Overstock, and conventional brick-and-mortar stores upping their presence on the Web. Nearly two-thirds […]

Pulling all-nighters, Black Friday shoppers give retailers hope Kavita Kumar / St. Louis Post-Dispatch By 10 a.m. on Black Friday, Amy Terris already was wrapping up her holiday shopping — after pulling an all-nighter. Thousands of others followed her lead as retailers, wanting to jolt consumers from a slumbering economy, dangled earlier and deeper discounts […]