Georgea Kovanis/Detroit Free Press—Think everyone you know will be shopping during all those Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales? You may be surprised to learn lots of them will be having a second slice of pie and sleeping late. “I’m extremely price conscious,” said Andrea Westfall, 36, of Sterling Heights, adding that she reads sale circulars, […]
Archives for 2013
Black Friday shoppers get set to go
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and three weeks of shopping from now to Christmas, shoppers have more options than ever to get all the gifts on their holiday lists. Southwest Florida moms Melissa Tomasso and Beth McCullagh are two of the 140 million people who are expected to shop during […]
Let’s talk turkey about shopping on the holiday
Amy Martinez/Seattle Times—Another Thanksgiving tradition is elbowing its way in to join the turkey carving, post-meal nap and football-game watch party: the hunt for a “door-buster” deal. The Friday after Thanksgiving long has marked the official start of the holiday shopping season. But increasingly, the kickoff is happening on Thanksgiving evening — just as most […]
Tanger Outlets puts stamp on W. Valley retail scene
Leslie Wright/The Arizona Republic—Brittany and Vince Lopez’s devotion to Tanger Outlets Westgate has never waned, even a year after the mall’s grand opening at Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue. Often, the Goodyear couple drive up just to walk Tanger’s “racetrack.” The oval pedestrian way winds past 80 stores, with featured spots for Coach, Michael Kors […]
Spending: Stores get stingy about returns
Kaitlin Pinsker/Chicago Tribune—As you’re double-checking your holiday shopping list, tack on a reminder to read each store’s return policy before making your purchase. Some retailers are feeling a little less generous when it comes to returns. Such stingier policies are intended to combat return fraud. Fraudulent returns cost retailers $8.9 billion in 2012, according to […]
New mall to bring high-end luxury stores
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—When the Mall at University Town Center debuts in October 2014, it will define itself as the one and only high-end luxury mall in the region, based on tenants such as Gucci, Tiffany’s & Co., Armani and several dozen others that have tentatively committed to the property. A recent site plan — a […]
