Sunday, November 18, 2012
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday rule the shopping roost after Thanksgiving.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
If you have a black belt in Black Friday shopping, listen up: area big-box retailers are gearing up to dazzle bargain hunters even earlier this year—starting on Thanksgiving Day! Last week, Walmart announced that it would open its doors at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22 and offer holiday doorbusters while supplies last. These include deals on TVs, iPads, an electric scooter for $79 and a steam mop for $39. Not to be outdone, Target and Best Buy are also planning all-out holiday shopping assaults. Target's deals begin at 9 p.m. According to an ad leaked online, the best deals will be for TVs, a Nook, a Nikon camera and an XBOX 360 Kinect bundle. At Best Buy, doors open at midnight. Doorbusters include deals on TVs, phones and Samsung laptop …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Wondering when the holiday shopping hours begin at local stores? We've got some answers for you below.
With Halloween behind us, retailers and shoppers are now staring down some of the biggest shopping days of the year - both in stores and online. The National Retail Federation expects sales during November and December to rise 4.1 percent this year, according to a USA Today report. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has become the accepted if unofficial start time of the Christmas rush. It's a huge day for retailers but only the first of a roughly month-long extravaganza. And thanks to Abe Lincoln, who decreed Thanksgiving a national holiday, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed into law that it should fall on the fourth Thursday in November, and Pope Gregory XIII, who blessed the calendar we use by papal bull, 2012 has the longest …
Monday, October 8, 2012
Vote in this poll
Local residents have been weighing in on the shopping giant's plans for a store by exit 14 all weekend. Now we put it to a vote in this Patch poll on Holly Springs-Hickort Flat Patch. Residents have been saying there's a Walmart just up the road in Canton, and others have countered that this store will bring jobs and boost the local economy – including the additional tax dollars for Holly Springs. Some say Walmart will drive out local business. Vote today to show your support or disdain for this plan.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Now that the ice is starting to look like it may go away, we can replenish our pantries with Publix new sale that starts today.
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- Tammy Bester
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Today is Thursday and that means there is a new Publix sale that starts today! I checked out the mystery item this morning and if you make it to the market today or tomorrow, bring your coupon from today's AJC to get Publix brand granola bars for a penny. To stock that pantry and refrigerator back up after several days of being indoors, here are some great essentials marked down until the sale ends next Wednesday. Progresso soup are Buy One Get One Free at $2.29 , minus $1 off four cans from Jan. 2 newspaper or from Progresso's Facebook page. Hellman's Mayo are Buy One Get One Free at $4.93 a jar for the big ones. Starkist Chunk Light Tuna is Buy One Get One Free in the four-pack sets at $3.95. Cheerios are Buy One Get One Free. Use you…
Jennp
10:11 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
I think opening a Walmart in Holly Springs brings more negatives than positives. Walmart's competitive strategy seems to be to crush out all the nearby merchants until Walmart is the only place you have left to shop and I do not need or want more China-made products. I would like to see Holly Springs promote small business owners and merchants with USA made products in their proposed downtown … more ›