black friday

Black Friday can be a great shopping day for some if you plan it right. Check the websites of the stores you plan to visit and plan your trips. Are there deals you want to take advantage of? Figure out the priority of what you want for the free or cheap stuff and hit those stores first. The other thing you can do is visit these websites.

The holiday shopping season is once again upon us, and that means looking for great deals for all the items on our shopping list for our friends and loved ones. Rather than wading through crowds of hundreds of crazy shoppers at the big box stores in town, why not head to these locally-owned alternatives to get the same items on your list?

With Christmas right around the corner, shopping season is here!  While buying local should be a priority, the reality for me is that shopping online for a few things can be helpful since there are many times I work late and I don't have time during the day to get it done.  Not only that, but I can often save even more money online and a good friend of mine delivers for UPS, so I get to keep him b

Check out how the top retailers are competing for your holiday dollar.

Wondering when all those big stores will be opening and offering those massive discounts this Black Friday?

Anyone who knows anything about retail knows that there is a pricing structure in place at every store.  That structure can help you get the best deal possible - but - you need to know how to crack it.

Black Friday - the official "first day of the Christmas shopping season - is almost here.  Millions of consumers will hit the stores - early - for the supposed chance to clean up on the best prices of the season. But are they really the best prices?

While a few lake effect snowflakes continue to fall in the later hours of Black Friday 2012, snowfall totals are coming in from around the area. The snow, which made travel very difficult through much of Minnesota and Wisconsin Thanksgiving and Black Friday definitely added up in some portions of the region.

As reported earlier, the possibility of winter weather threatening travel and activities for Thanksgiving and Black Friday in the Twin Ports was looming. The National Weather Service has now made it official.

While weather for travelers in Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin will be nice on Thanksgiving morning, wintry conditions will be making their way into the Twin Ports region  by Thursday night and Friday - making travel a little more difficult for holiday drivers and shoppers.

It seems like everything that the Kardashian family touches turns to gold.  Well, almost. Sears bet a large portion of their Black Friday and holiday shopping sales on the Kardashian-clans new line of clothes and accessories.  From initial sales reports, that might not have been a good thing...

Planning to get a jump on your holiday shopping this week? Don’t forget man’s best friend — a variety of pet retailers are offering steals and deals for the dog and cat sets on Black Friday. Get out there early and get Fido what he really wants for the holidays this year!