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Black Friday Sales Coming Earlier This Year — But Not At Fairlane
DEARBORN (WWJ) – Stores and malls across the nation are getting ready for the big day this week — Black Friday. Bucking the trend of Thanksgiving Thursday sales and 4 a.m. opening times on Black...
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Guide To Safe, Stress Free Holiday Shopping
Tomorrow is arguably the biggest shopping day of the year, and if you’re gearing up for Black Friday, do it the right way. That means preparation. While the holiday season is traditionally a time to be...
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Buying A Holiday Gift Card? Here’s What You Need To Know
While some avid holiday shoppers crowd the aisles of local stores, others will take the easy way out: buying gift cards. It may seem simple, but gift card shopping has its own pitfalls — note that 25...
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Personalize Your Own Chocolate Bar This Holiday Season
DETROIT (WWJ) - If you’re looking for a personalized gift to send to the chocolate lover in your life, you’re in luck. California-based Victoria Chocolatier is introducing a “Make-your-own chocolate...
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Keep Children Safe While Shopping, Traveling This Holiday Season
DETROIT (WWJ) - Parents need to be careful not to let their guard down or become distracted while traveling or attending public functions during the 2011 holiday season. Tim Kang, actor from the hit...
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Top 10 Best Days To Shop This Holiday Season
DETROIT (WWJ) - When it comes to holiday shopping this year, good things will come to those who wait — as long as they don’t wait too long. That’s because the days with the fewest shoppers and deepest...
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Retailers Optimistic About Christmas Sales
DETROIT (WWJ) – Christmas holiday sales are sparkling in eyes of area retailers — and the rush will be on at Metro Detroit malls. Many are wrapping up their shopping and some are just starting and no...
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Mobile Shopping Doubles Over December 2011 Holiday, Reports IBM
DETROIT (WWJ) - The U.S. online retail sector delivered 7.5 percent growth in December 2011 compared to the same period last year, according to cloud-based analytics findings by IBM. IBM’s findings...
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Six New Stores To Open At The Mall At Partridge Creek
CLINTON TWP. – Early holiday shoppers will find some new options this season at the Mall at Partridge Creek. The mall will launch Forever 21, which will kick things off this week with a grand opening...
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Macomb County Christmas Market Returns Big For This Year
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ) – For this year, Macomb County’s Christmas market is getting bigger and better. The Anton Art Center is decking the halls and the walls, transforming into a handmade holiday...
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Black Friday Shoppers Pack The Stores
NOVI (WWJ) – Millions of shoppers are already out doing their holiday shopping, but not everyone has a clear-cut goal in mind. Seventeen year-old Lexi Brigham of Canton went out before midnight at...
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Shoplifting Expected To Spike This Holiday Season
DETROIT (Talk Radio 1270) During the holiday season last year, more than $1.8 billion was lost to shoplifting, with another increase expected this year, according to WWJ legal analyst and 1270 Talk...
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Five Tips To Make Your Holidays Affordable
FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) – Are you tight on money? Don’t let Christmas make your problems worse. The 2012 holiday shopping season is under way and non-profit credit counseling group GreenPath Debt...
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Metro Detroit Shopping Centers To Open Thanksgiving Day
DETROIT (WWJ) - Where will you be at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day? Watching football with the in-laws? Carving the turkey? Lounging on the couch, post-pigout? Some in Metro Detroit will be shopping. As...
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Will You Take The “No Shopping On Thanksgiving Day” Pledge?
DETROIT (WWJ) – You’ve heard of the so-called “War on Christmas” … but is there a war on Thanksgiving, too? With many retailers announcing they plan to open their doors on Thanksgiving Day, some people...
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Deck The Halls And Donate Plasma: Metro Detroiters Line Up For Christmas Cash
OAK PARK (WWJ) – ‘Tis the season to be jolly … and donate plasma. “I give it for the cash; not to save lives,” said Christopher Gadsden of Detroit, “only for the money.” Plasma donation has become a...
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Survey: Shoppers To Spend Half Of Holiday Budgets This Weekend
LANSING (WWJ) - Those who dare to brave the Black Friday crowds will be dropping some serious dough. Most shoppers will spend more than 50 percent of their holiday budget over this Thanksgiving...
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Compuware To Monitor, Analyze 2013 Holiday Mobile Performance Of Top Retailers
DETROIT (WWJ) – Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) announced that it will be monitoring and analyzing the critical mobile performance of top retailers in the United States and provide ongoing analysis and...
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‘Buy Detroit’ Shopping Excursion Buses Suburbanites Into The City
DETROIT (WWJ) - Got your holiday shopping done yet? Tours this Saturday and Sunday will take you to a place you may never have shopped before: Detroit. “As opposed to going out to the malls,” said...
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Plastic Surgery For Christmas: Good Or Bad Idea?
By Sean Lee WWJ Health Reporter TROY (WWJ) – Going under the knife may not be at the top of your holiday wish list. However, many Metro Detroiters will unwrap the gift of plastic surgery in less than...
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GameStop Hiring 25,000 For The Holiday Shopping Season
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – Another chain of stores is putting out the “help wanted” sign for the holidays. GameStop says it will hire about 25,000 people to help with the upcoming holiday shopping...
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Target Offers Free Shipping On All Items Through Dec. 20
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - For the first time, Target is offering free holiday shipping on all items, including even $6 lipsticks, as the discounter throws itself in the ring to compete better with the likes...
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Retail Camper Marks 19th Black Friday Year In Makeshift Fort Outside Best Buy
ROSEVILLE (WWJ) – A Roseville woman has morphed Black Friday and Thanksgiving into one bigger holiday. Pam Shank has been living in a tent outside the Roseville Best Buy since Sunday. “People are...
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When Shopping Cyber-Monday Beware Of The Security Pitfalls
DETROIT (WWJ) - The biggest online shopping day of the year is Monday. Millions will take to the internet to snatch up cyber deals on everything from gloves to electronics. Co-managing partner of...
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Star Wars Toys Hit Shelves In Metro Detroit On Force Friday
NEW HUDSON (CBS DETROIT/AP) – The release of the new Star Wars movie may still be months off, but Disney is unleashing its full marketing “Force” behind the launch of hundreds of toys and other items...
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Annual ‘Trouble In Toyland’ Report Lists 18 Possibly Dangerous Toys
DETROIT (WWJ) – A group out with its annual list of dangerous toys hopes shoppers will keep safety in mind as the holiday season begins. The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) tested 300 toys and...
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Camping For Thanksgiving Deals A Tradition For Local Family
MADISON HEIGHTS (WWJ) – A fifty inch TV for $150 — one of many sizzling deals attracting for those camping outside a Best Buy Wednesday in Madison Heights. “It’s a real steal,” says Ruth VonRusten of...
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Trouble In Toyland: Annual Report Targets Dangerous, Toxic Toys
DETROIT (WWJ) – Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according to the Public Interest Research Group Education Fund’s 30th annual Trouble in Toyland report. The survey...
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Michigan Pastor Calls On All Christians To Stop Shopping On Sundays
BENTON HARBOR (WWJ) – “God wants his day back,” says a southwestern Michigan pastor who is calling on all Christians to stop shopping on Sundays. Pastor Willie Lark, Sr., with the House of Prayer in...
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Retailers Will Add Up To 650,000 Holiday Jobs
The holiday hiring picture looks a bit merrier this year. Macy’s, Toys R Us, Pier 1, American Eagle Outfitters and Borders all plan to hire more temporary holiday workers this year than last,...
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Pets are zooming toward the top of this year’s holiday shopping list.
View ArticleCompuware White Paper Diagnoses Online Holiday Shopping
Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq:CPWR), the Detroit software and IT services firm, has published a new white paper titled: “Five Lessons Learned From the 2010 Online Retail Shopping Holiday Season.” The paper...
View ArticleWalmart Brings Back Layaway For Holiday Shoppers
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Walmart is bringing back something its customers have been asking for since the Great Recession: layaway. The world’s largest retailer, which ditched the pay-as-you-go plans in 2006,...
View ArticleMeijer Hiring Hundreds Ahead Of Holidays
GRAND RAPIDS (WWJ) – Major Michigan retailers are beginning to put out the “help wanted” sign to beef up staff for the upcoming holidays. Grand Rapids-based Meijer says it’s preparing to hire hundreds...
View ArticleHow Do You Describe Entertainment? Music? Movies? Sports? Shopping? Yes!
TROY (WWJ) – What’s your idea of entertainment? Music? Movies? Sports? All of the above? For sure! But, add shopping to my list as well. Anyone who loves shopping as much as I do will definitely...
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Officials Warn Customers Of Counterfeit Presents As Holiday Shopping Season...
DETROIT (WWJ) — Don’t let fake products spoil your holidays — that warning came today from Customs, Immigration, and Homeland Security Investigators in Detroit. Example of counterfeit items being sold...
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Top Holiday Shopping Scams For Consumers To Watch Out For
The holidays are the perfect time for shoppers to hunt for a good deal. It’s also a prime opportunity for bad actors to scam consumers. Hundreds of malicious Black Friday apps and websites will be...
View ArticleHow Will COVID Affect Black Friday Sales? Stores ‘Significantly Scaling...
(CBS Detroit) — COVID-19 will have a huge effect on Black Friday this year, much as it has on everything else. Some of those effects can already be seen in the expanded holiday shopping season, which...
View ArticleTarget Extends Store Hours For Holiday Shopping, Cuts Senior Hours
(CBS DETROIT) – Target is changing its hours to give more time for holiday shopping. The retailer is extending store hours starting this week. Most stores will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight....
View ArticlePorch Pirates: Tips On Keeping Packages Safe From Thieves This Holiday Season
(CBS Detroit) — As people buy online, now is the time to come up with a plan to avoid Christmas porch pirates. According to a new survey from CNET, about 124 million Americans will leave those packages...
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