By BERNARD CONDON and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writers Parking lots were full and shopping bags were plentiful in some places Saturday as holiday gift-seekers were out looking for bargains, even as the competition among retailers to offer earlier deals and snag customers first has pulled sales forward. At the Woodbury Common outlets north of New…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and JOSEPH PISANI, AP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers worked hard to attract shoppers to stores on Black Friday, offering in-person deals meant to counter the ease of shopping by phone on Amazon. A better economy and colder weather helped, to be sure. But stores have also tried to improve the…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers were out before dawn in the U.S. for fun and for deals, as retailers that have had a tough year were hoping to bring customers to their stores and websites for Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Black Friday has…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s Tax Free Weekend is underway. Shoppers are expected to flock to retailers throughout the weekend for back to school shopping. Certain back-to-school items, such as clothing, school supplies, and computers are exempt from sales tax this weekend. There are some cities not participating in the tax free weekend. You can…
(KTRS) – Target plans to hire more than 70,000 employees for the holiday season. There will be hiring events at all 1,800 stores on October 14 and 15. Applications will also be taken online. This is about the same number of workers the retailer hire last year.
NEW YORK (AP) – Retailers are rolling out online deals today, the so-called “Cyber Monday.” But since shoppers these days are online all the time anyway, the shopping holiday is losing some of its luster. Still, today is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, with estimates that it will rack up over…