holidays

Cristina Saralegui and Midwest-CBK Partner to Develop New, Exclusive Holiday Collection for Casa Cristina™

Cannon Falls, MN - Midwest-CBK, leading designer and manufacturer renowned for its design, style and sparkle, announces it is exclusively partnering with Emmy award-winning journalist Cristina Saralegui to develop her first designer holiday collection of... more »

Black Friday Deals Come Downtown

While the deals didn't start at 4 a.m. in downtown Port Jefferson, savvy shoppers opted for a less crowded shopping experience on Black Friday.Local businesses opened their doors the day after Thanksgiving for the kickoff... more »

Array of weekend deals overshadows Black Friday

It wasn't so much Black Friday that had both retailers and consumers enthused as it was a Black Thanksgiving weekend.Attracted by a whirlwind of deals and discounts, holiday shoppers turned out in force at stores... more »

R.I. retailers are seeing plenty of green after a promising Black Friday

Warwick, RI — A year after the recession dropped a big bah-humbug on Christmas shopping, and seven months after the raging Pawtuxet River deluged and crippled Warwick Mall, Black Friday brought a flood of shoppers... more »

Black Friday and beyond

More than 138 million shoppers are expected to hit stores nationwide on Black Friday weekend, which is about 4 million more than in 2009, according to the National Retail Federation.Retail's BIG Blog notes a few... more »

Black Friday deals boost for local retailers, economy

Black Friday marks the semi-official beginning of the Christmas shopping season but is also the day when all shoppers feel what it's like to be a linebacker. Last year, while playing Santa's helper, I literally... more »

Holiday survival: Stores get competitive to bring in shoppers

The rush is on for retailers, large and small, to get people into their stores for the Christmas shopping season.Retailers, which make a big chunk of their sales during the holiday season, have various strategies... more »

Getting ready for ‘Black Friday’

The holiday shopping season begins in earnest on the day after Thanksgiving (aka "Black Friday"), and everyone is hoping that the season is a good one, particularly for local retail stores and shopping centers.People are... more »