holidays

Holiday sales expected to jingle cash registers

Local retailers hope to hear more jingling in their cash registers as well as in their hearts this holiday shopping season. If early shopping trends are any indication, they might just get what they wish... more »

Retailers optimistic as holiday shopping season approaches

As the holiday shopping season kicks into gear, local retail store owners are hoping people are more in the spirit of giving this year than in recent Christmases past.As the economy declined in 2008, so... more »

Local Stores Ready For Holiday Shoppers

Columbia - Locally-owned retail shops said Monday they are ready to compete with big corporations for the early holiday shopping push. Those local shops are already getting holiday shoppers thanks to their efforts to sell... more »

Knoxville shops try to keep holiday shopping local

Knoxville, Tenn. -- With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, a new movement wants shoppers to buy from local businesses this holiday season.The idea sprang from Metropulse newspaper, which targeted area businesses that... more »

Holiday spending boost expected

When Lynette Boisvert started displaying Christmas items in her Classic Duck gift shop in Santa Rosa's Montgomery Village in mid-October, she didn't expect sales to pick up until after Halloween.But to her surprise the ornaments... more »

5 Rivers Delta Resource Center opens larger gift shop with delta-inspired wares

Spanish Fort, AL - With only 44 shopping days left until Christmas, nature lovers — and those who love them — might want to consider a recently renovated retail destination when making their lists and... more »

Gallatin’s Tinsel and Treasures promotes shopping locally

Gallatin, TN - It's the perfect way to kick off the holiday season and get started on your Christmas shopping – the annual Tinsel and Treasures Holiday Open House. A tradition begun decades ago by... more »

Holiday Store Opens in Maplewood Serving Persons with Disabilities

As part of a yearlong celebration of its tenth anniversary, Arts Unbound, a non-profit organization for artists with disabilities, is opening a Pop Up holiday gift store in Maplewood Village to recognize over 20 talented... more »