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Cyber Monday Blowout: $1 Billion in Sales for First Time

By J. RichardDec 1st 2010 – 1:08PM

(Dec. 1) -- If the office seemed a little slow on Monday, now you know why. Online shoppers spent $1.028 billion on Cyber Monday with half of all orders flowing in from work computers, according to the digital marketplace analysts comScore. That's the first time Cyber Monday sales have reached the billion-dollar...

What Recession? Shoppers Eat Up Black Friday Deals

Nov 26th 2010 – 1:21PM
Jeff Chiu, AP

Jeff Chiu, AP

(Nov. 26) -- For one day at least, you could almost imagine the recession never happened. Millions of the nation's shoppers braved rain and cold to crowd stores while others grabbed online bargains on what could be the busiest Black Friday ever. Early signs pointed to bigger crowds at many stores including Best Buy,...

Black Friday Shoppers Hope Early Bird Gets the Worm

Nov 26th 2010 – 8:23AM
Jeff Chiu, AP

Jeff Chiu, AP

(Nov. 26) -- Bargain shoppers, braving rain or frigid weather, crowded the nation's stores and malls in the wee hours of the night to get their hands on deals from TVs to toys on Black Friday. In a bid to grab shoppers earlier on the traditional start to the holiday shopping season, a number of stores including Old Navy,...

Thanksgiving Sales Bring Shoppers, Grumbles

Nov 25th 2010 – 7:04PM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

NEW YORK (Nov. 25) - Not all Americans tucked into turkey with their families on Thanksgiving. Some were out shopping, hitting sales ahead of the crowds expected Friday. After a year of cautious spending and worry over an uncertain economy and high unemployment, more stores this year extended hours into Thanksgiving Day,...

Pumpkin Pie: Delicious and Good for Facials

By Monica GarskeNov 25th 2010 – 7:56AM
Getty Images

Getty Images

(Nov. 25) -- If you're too stuffed to eat your Thanksgiving leftovers this weekend, maybe you should try applying the extra ingredients to your face, body and hair instead. According to skin and beauty expert Stacy Cox, who runs the Pampered People spa in Los Angeles, some Thanksgiving leftovers -- namely pumpkin pie,...

Black Friday News From the Web

  • 05/02/12 Time for something new Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL The face of Plant City has changed a lot since I started doing the Neighbors column 10 years ago.
  • 04/23/12 Lil Kim Announces Dates For Upcoming 'Return Of The... Source: Baller Status Lil Kim has been plotting a comeback in music for the past few years, dropping new music in the form of the 2011 mixtape Black Friday and subsequently released singles.
  • 04/15/12 New Bar Review: Camden Town Brewery Bar Source: Londonist Already a firm favourite with London's beer connoisseurs, Camden Town Brewery has now opened its on-site bar.
  • 04/14/12 Poker lobbying group marks Black Friday anniversary Source: Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV The Poker Players Alliance on Friday reminded poker players that its lobbying campaign to organize gamblers is running out of time as the one-year anniversary of Black Friday's seizure of several of the most popular online poker sites approaches.
  • 04/12/12 Good luck to you, it's Friday the 13th Source: The Courier-Mail I rather like the concept of Friday the 13th, mainly because of the success of the movie franchise.

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