Valley retailers make final push for Thanksgiving, Black Friday Bethany Clough/The Fresno Bee Shop early. Shop late. Shop all night long or bring home a pile of gifts without ever leaving your car. Black Friday shoppers this year have an unusually wide range of options as retailers step up their game in the battle to […]

Shoppers Take Advantage of Thanksgiving Day Deals Brian Dowling/The Hartford Courant Sue Palmer of East Hartford has no desire to shop on Black Friday. “I really don’t like the rush,” she said Thanksgiving morning while shopping at Old Navy in West Hartford for the store’s half-off sale. “I thought I’d be pushing and shoving people […]

Black Friday in Western Pennsylvania: ‘A big, mad rush’ Adam Smeltz and Amanda Dolasinski/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Just a couple of days into the holiday retail onslaught, shoppers have picked favorites likely to lead sales through December. A talking toy robot, a nimble video game system and durable cold-weather clothes rank among the early winners, market analysts […]

Retailers’ big day changes with time Cindi Andrews/Cincinnati.com Last night, millions of Americans pushed themselves away from the Thanksgiving table and went shopping, or to work, at a big-box store. Bargain hunters stood in line for hours, and a few probably fought over a product in short supply. How did the holiday celebrating Pilgrims’ first […]

Black Friday haters still expected to spend more on gifts this holiday season than last Jason Cato/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Robert Smith sauntered through South Hills Village this week clutching a red shopping bag containing some of the Christmas gifts he planned to buy. Only about a third finished with his shopping, Smith, 69, of Upper St. […]

Thousands of Oakland County residents brave cold weather to shop on Black Friday Joe Szczesny/The Oakland Press Shoppers crowded into stores Friday as the holiday shopping season got off to a big start across Oakland County. More than 600 shoppers were in line when the Best Buy in Auburn Hills opened at midnight, according to […]