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Retail sales up a weak 1.6% in November due in part to Sandy
Superstorm Sandy pummeled retail sales in November despite a robust Black Friday weekend, raising worries about whether merchants can make up enough ground during the remaining holiday season. Major chains posted a 1.6% increase in retail sales in...
Tags: Thomson Corporation, Walmart, Black Friday (shopping), Victoria's Secret, Services and Shopping
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Sick of Black Friday, Cyber Monday hype? Try 'Giving Tuesday'
At this rate, soon every day of the holiday season will have a name. Thanksgiving Thursday begot Black Friday, which then begot Cyber Monday, and which nonprofits are hoping this year will now beget Giving Tuesday — a new branding effort after...
Tags: Holidays, Charity, United Nations, The Philadelphia Inquirer, NPR
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Powerball ticket-buying frenzy fuels $500-million jackpot
Fueled by a frenzy of ticket-buying, the jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball lottery has been increased to $500 million. News of the increased pot, posted on the lottery’s website, is likely to set up even more buying as players head to the...
Tags: Lotteries, Mega Millions Lottery, Powerball Lottery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Services and Shopping
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More money! Powerball pot at $550 million; California may soon join
Just as Powerball officials announced that the record multistate jackpot has swelled to $550 million, dejected Californians may soon have a chance to get in on the game---albeit not in time for the big Wednesday night drawing. At their Thursday meeting,...
Tags: Mega Millions Lottery, Powerball Lottery, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotto
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Onion to People's Daily: 'Exemplary reportage' on 'sexiest man'
The Onion declared North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un the "Sexiest Man Alive," and People's Daily said yes, yes he is. The Chinese state news outlet missed the point entirely, which media everywhere gleefully pointed out. "The Onion dupes again," said U....
Tags: China, North Korea, Black Friday (shopping), Garrison Keillor, Kim Jong Un
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Holiday sales down 3.4% compared to last year, report says
This post has been corrected. See below for details. Early signs point to a holiday season that was not nearly as merry as retailers had hoped. Sales were down 3.4% compared to the year before, while the number of store visits plunged 16.4%, according...
Tags: Macy's, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Phoenix-area residents squawking about backyard chicken coops
Proponents call themselves an underground society of backyard chicken owners. Arizona authorities are squawking that they’re just a bunch of code breakers. In recent months, hundreds of Phoenix-area chicken owners have faced nuisance and zoning...
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts Coffee
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Microsoft Surface heads to more stores, but is price drop ahead?
Though Microsoft's Surface has been on sale for several weeks, it's been hard to get a clear read on how this critical product is doing. For now, Microsoft isn't providing any numbers, so everyone is looking elsewhere and reading tea leaves. On...
Tags: Microsoft Surface, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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FedEx expects record shipping day with boost from online sales
With a little over two weeks left before Christmas, it's crunch time for shoppers –- and shippers too. FedEx is projecting that it will have its busiest shipping day of the year Monday, delivering an estimated 19 million packages worldwide and...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Black Friday (shopping), Los Angeles International Airport, FedEx Corporation, Holidays
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Online holiday shoppers spent $1 billion on 'Free Shipping Day'
Shoppers scrambling to buy last-minute presents but avoid the malls spent $1.01 billion on this year's Free Shipping Day. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the last day that orders delivered by ground can be guaranteed to arrive by...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Feds seize 132 domain names to knock out counterfeits
Federal authorities seized 132 domain names and arrested one man in an international effort to stop the sale of counterfeit goods during the online shopping day called Cyber Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, working with Europol...
Tags: Walmart, Craigslist, Inc., Theft
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Despite ports strike, U.S. cargo volume to rise 3.9% in December
Despite an eight-day port strike that in effect shut down seaports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, import cargo volume is expected to increase 3.9% in December, according to a retail group. A monthly Global Port Tracker report released Monday...
Tags: National Retail Federation, Arts and Culture, Holidays, Customs and Tradition
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