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The holiday shopping season is set to kick off in full swing this weekend and retailers across the nation are expecting to cash in on Christmas shoppers looking for deals, but in the St. Louis area that may not be the case. Burned-down businesses and boarded up stores line the streets of the Ferguson business […]

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So far, the holiday shopping season is off to a weak start, with sales for Thanksgiving and Black Friday up only 2.3% over last year’s numbers. Given that store foot traffic was actually down on Black Friday compared to a year ago overall, should retailers now pin their hopes on a surge in attraction to the […]

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Shopping Black-owned businesses might not be as difficult as you think it is, and author Maggie Anderson gives her tips on how we can all buy Black — even for the holidays. Anderson and her husband shopped at Black-owned businesses for an entire year and chronicled their experiences in their book, “Our Black Year: One Family’s […]

Lawsuits are popping up across the country against major retailers who are accused of profiling Blacks and minorities while shopping. Leave it to Jon Stewart‘s “The Daily Show” to add a hilarious spin to the discriminatory practice. Correspondent Jessica Williams (pictured) offers a few tips for Black people trying to shop on Black Friday, because […]

Black Friday madness can strike anyone and apparently Anthony Perry is not immune!  Perry allegedly left his girlfriend’s two-year-old son alone in his parked car at 1:30 am — the day after Thanksgiving — so that he could make a mad dash into Kmart to buy a TV.  Perry was arrested and charged with child reckless endangerment, according to the […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cyber Monday. Green Tuesday. Black Friday. Magenta Saturday. Chances are you won’t find any of these holidays on your calendar. Yet retailers are coming up with names for just about every day of the week during the holiday shopping season. SEE ALSO: The Sex Addiction Epidemic During T-Mobile’s “Magenta Saturday,” the […]

More Americans hunted for bargains this weekend than ever before as retailers lured them online and into stores with big discounts and an earlier-than-usual start to the holiday shopping season. RELATED: Black Friday Craziness Nothing To Laugh At A record 226 million shoppers visited stores and websites during the four-day holiday weekend starting on Thanksgiving […]

AP- A woman who allegedly fired pepper spray at other customers during a Black Friday sale has surrendered to authorities, Los Angeles police said Saturday. Police Sgt. Jose Valle said the woman who allegedly caused minor injuries to 20 shoppers at a Los Angeles-area Walmart turned herself in Friday night. She is currently not in […]

Managing your relationship with your kids and video games is a tough balancing act. Let’s not get too focused on how old anybody is, but let’s just say I am old enough to remember the Atari 2600 coming out. Naturally, I liked Space Invaders and Asteroids like everybody else but I enjoyed outdoor sports far […]

Black Friday is a monumental day in American shopping culture. Even in today’s poor economy folks are camping in front of stores, and mapping the routes to their favorite gifts. However according to a new article in the New York Times everything may not be all that is seems. Related News: AT&T Merger Could Mean […]

UPDATE — Via MSNBC: Violence erupted at Black Friday sales across the U.S. with one bargain-hunter left critically injured after being shot during a robbery and 15 other people injured when an angry shopper used pepper spray. Several of the incidents took place at Wal-Mart stores as millions of Americans loaded up on holiday purchases. Update 11:57 a.m. ET: An off-duty police officer […]

Though corporate greed is highly frowned upon by the Occupy Wall Streeters, everybody loves a thoughtful gift. So, if you find yourself camping out for Black Friday, keep these 10 presents in mind for the friendly neighborhood protesters in your life. RELATED: Occupier: Pepper Spray Made Me Miscarry