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Retailers See Best Holiday Shopping Season Since 2007

Dec 24th 2010 – 6:31AM
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NEW YORK (Dec. 24) -- Holiday procrastinators are preparing to zoom through picked-over stores, grabbing discounted sweaters and can't-go-wrong gift cards. If they can get a parking spot, that is. But you won't hear retailers complaining. For stores, this 11th-hour dash caps the best holiday season since 2007, and...

CoalGram: A Last Minute Gift Idea For the NFL Player in Your Life

By Tom LorenzoDec 23rd 2010 – 1:00PM

What gift can you possibly get the NFL player in your life who has everything? You've done your Christmas shopping. Bought your wife or girlfriend (or both) a toilet mug and it's now time to kick back and enjoy the holidays, right? Not so fast! What about Dan Carpenter? Did you get him a gift? Remember when he missed four...

A 'Beer Beard,' Really? Prank Gift Boxes Spice Up Christmas

By Monica GarskeDec 16th 2010 – 6:02AM
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prankpack.com

(Dec. 16) -- There's nothing like watching a loved one open a gift on Christmas -- especially when that gift is wrapped in a ridiculous prank box that makes them squirm with awkwardness. That's the idea behind Prank Packs, a line of full-color fake gift boxes that appear to be holding some sort of weird item such as a...

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...

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,...

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Holiday Shopping Guide For the Home

By Jessica Radloff Nov 18th 2010 - 09:40AM

The holiday season is the perfect time to jazz up your living space, whether it be a statement piece or entirely new decor.

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Holiday Shopping For the College Kids

By Danielle Harling Nov 16th 2010 - 01:43PM

Holiday shopping for the college student may at first seem like quite the intimidating feat, but we think they're probably one of the easiest groups to shop for.

Background on holiday shopping

The Christmas season, also called the holiday season or simply the holidays in the United States and Canada, is an annual festive period that surrounds Christmas and various other holidays.

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