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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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The Feldman Report-A.M. 11/30
Pets are zooming toward the top of this year’s holiday shopping list.
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Compuware 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...
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Walmart 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,...
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Meijer 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...
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How 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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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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The Five Best Sites To Shop On Cyber Monday
Black Friday is associated with crazy start times, cold lines and pushy customers, but Cyber Monday is all about relaxing at home and shopping online the Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday has...
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Navigate Tricky Gift Return Policies After The Holidays
The holiday season has arrived and with it the efforts to find the perfect gifts for loved ones. As the hunt for gifts gets going, so does the dread of returning the thoughtful presents that are just...
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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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