Thursday, November 22, 2012
Have your own suggestions on how to survive the upcoming shopping frenzy? Add them in the comments.
Thanksgiving may be the great feast day, but for many, it’s the day after that has moms celebrating. Black Friday carries the anticipation of getting your entire Christmas list knocked out cheaply and efficiently in one day. Or maybe not. I’ve had successful and unsuccessful Black Fridays, and trust me, to get the former, you need to strategize. Here are some tips to remember before hitting the aisles: 1. Gather all the pertinent information you need to effectively shop. Who needs a gift? What are their preferences? Where do they shop? 2. When it comes to clothing, what are their sizes, favorite colors and most complementary styles? (It's not a good idea to get a caftan for someone who should be wearing straight lines.) 3. When it comes…
Keep an eye on traffic conditions and the best gas prices during the holiday weekend and beyond with the help of Dallas-Hiram Patch.
Will you be going over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving? Are you planning to drive from store to store to find this weekend’s best deals? Or are you on the lookout for the best gas prices in town? Patch is here to help. Dallas-Hiram Patch’s Commute page allows users to get a live look at traffic maps for Paulding, Cobb or Douglas counties and beyond. And drivers looking to save some dough for the holiday shopping season—or at any time of the year—can visit the Commute page to find the best gas prices in Dallas, Hiram, Douglasville, Powder Springs or any city of their choice. You can keep up with all the news in Dallas and Hiram by subscribing to our free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts, …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Want a great deal? You may have to spend part of your Thanksgiving to get it. Tell us what you think about retailers pushing the start of the holiday shopping season onto Turkey Day.
Looking to grab some great Black Friday deals? Better be prepared to scarf down the turkey and put away the pumpkin pie quickly. It’s becoming a tradition for the holiday shopping season to start well before the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. But your holiday food might still be warm by the time retailers offer the first “Black Friday” deal. Take, for example, Walmart. The retailer is rolling out its first Black Friday deals Thursday—that’s Thanksgiving night—at 8 p.m. Not to be outdone, Target is inviting customers to grab its Black Friday deals at 9 p.m. Thursday. The early deals means those hoping to save money during their holiday shopping will be spending part of another holiday heading to stores, fighting the crowds and waiting in …
The retailer announces that it will open at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Walmart already had planned to open at 8 p.m.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
It won't be hard to find a place to shop on Thanksgiving night. Target has announced that it will open at 9 p.m. Thursday so shoppers can get a head start on Black Friday deals. “We thought long and hard about when the right opening time would be,” Target executive Kathee Tesija said in an Associated Press report. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, already had announced that it will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Do you plan to shop for Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving? Tell us in the comments below. Target plans to offer deals that include an Apex 32-inch LCD TV for $147 and a Nikon digital camera for $99.99 for the earlier opening, according to the report. From 4 a.m. to noon on Friday, customers who spend $50 or more on clothing…
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The nation's largest retailer will roll out specials beginning at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Black Friday? That was SO 2011. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, has announced that it will begin holiday shopping specials at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, according to media reports. The retailing giant also began Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving 2011, but at 10 p.m. In 2012, the specials start at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Are you glad to see Black Friday deals extended further into the Thanksgiving holiday? Or do you feel that it's overkill? Tell us in the comments below. According to an ad on Walmart.com, Black Friday/Thursday specials include $399 for an iPad 2 (16GB) and $148 for a 32-inch television.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Keep these shopping safety tips in mind as the holiday season approaches.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
The hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and not far behind are the thieves and cons who show up in full force this time of year to make a quick buck. To protect yourself, keep in mind these safe shopping tips from the National Retail Federation:
Sunday, November 27, 2011
As a new week begins, take a few minutes to recap our top headlines from last week, Nov. 20-26.
Last week was a time for filling dinners and shopping for many, but for some, it was filled with tragedy. A Paulding man collapsed at the end of the Gobble Jog in Marietta and died Thursday, while a Dallas man was killed in a wreck in Tennessee a day before. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of those affected by these deaths. Shoppers in Paulding, across the metro Atlanta area and across the country took advantage of early shopping hours and deals in this year’s Black Friday movement, and we brought you a live blog of what we and our readers saw in stores across the region. While the big box stores may have been the focus of many Friday, the next day was about the smaller guy, as it marked the observance…
Friday, November 25, 2011
Carolyn Delamont, the president of the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce, shares the importance of supporting local businesses with your holiday shopping.
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Friday, November 25, 2011
National Small Business Saturday—Nov. 26! The average consumer, according to the National Retail Federation, spends about $700 during the holiday season. By shifting 10 percent of those purchases from nonlocal businesses to independently owned private local businesses, we can have a profound impact on our Paulding County economy because of the multiplier effect. Unlike a dollar spent at large chain stores or businesses outside Paulding, half or more of each dollar spent at a local business stays in Paulding. Spending even a small percentage of your holiday dollars strengthens our local economy and forms a synergy, which creates jobs locally, generates economic growth within our community, inspires others to form new independent ventures, …
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P D Murray
8:21 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
It leaves nothing for kids to get excited about, by the time you start decorating and putting out displays in the store the same time as halloween, it's confusing. Let us have the opportunity to "Give Thanks" with our families. The poor folk who work retail deserve that time for themselves. Enough already! more ›