by Associated Press Published: February 6,2012
Tags: Giants, New York, Retail, shopping, Super Bowl
A day after the New York Giants scored their big win, Stu Miller and other die-hard fans streamed into a Times Square store Monday to scoop up championship merchandise in celebration. “It was a great win. You have to give them credit,” the Ringoes, N.J., resident said while clutching three T-shirts and contemplating buying a Giants [...] [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: November 22,2011
Tags: employees, online shopping, Retail, Sales, shopping
Workers looking to take advantage of Cyber Monday online deals will have a harder time sneaking past the guards at work this year, according to a survey of employers. Robert Half Technology found in a survey of Chief Information Officers that 60 percent of them block access on employee computers to retail and other online shopping [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 17,2011
Tags: Black Friday, crowds, shopping
More than 152 million people plan to shop Black Friday weekend, an increase from last year’s total of 138 million people. According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, 74 million people say they will definitely hit stores, while another 77 million are waiting to see if the bargains are worth braving the colds and [...] [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: September 20,2011
Tags: Economic impact, holiday shopping, Retail, shopping, spending
UCCS and BiggsKofford want to know local residents’ shopping plans. The two organizations sent out a survey Monday to find out. It’s the third year in a row for the survey, which was created by the Southern Colorado Economic Forum at UCCS. “The survey results have been similar to what you get on a national level,” said [...] [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: July 1,2011
Tags: Chapel Hills Mall, Citadel mall, Marketplace at Austin Bluffs, Promenade Shops at Briargate, Retail, shopping, vacancy
The city’s traditional shopping malls are facing challenges filling retail space. Anchor tenants are leaving, and vacancies are high. Yet mall managers are trying to put a good face on the matter and insist their vacancy problems are only temporary. The city’s two traditional, shopping malls, The Citadel and Chapel Hills malls, won’t offer statistics about their [...] [...]
Cancel any New York City shopping plans you might have, because Coloradans have a better option – Denver. The Mile High City beat out San Francisco, No. 25, The Big Apple, No. 22, and Los Angeles, No. 16, in Forbes’ ranking of best U.S. cities for shopping. Denver nabbed the 13th spot for its 7.72 percent tax [...] [...]
Generous discounts lured American to stores for holiday gifts in November, providing cheer and robust sales gains for retailers. That raises hopes, already buoyed by reports of crowded malls over the crucial Thanksgiving weekend, for a strong holiday shopping season. As retailers report their monthly results Thursday, it showed that many different types of shoppers were [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: August 27,2010
Tags: Chapel Hills Mall, shopping
Imagine you’re planning some last-minute holiday shopping at the mall for video games, chocolates and a golf club. As soon as you pass through the mall’s doors, your phone alerts you: Six stores in the mall carry video games and golf clubs are on sale. How cool is that? But, wait. Your phone also provides a map to [...] [...]
According to estimates, retail and service businesses earn as much as 40 percent of total annual sales during the November-December holiday months, and a successful 2009 holiday shopping season will determine whether many businesses, already struggling through a deep recession, will survive. The last 18 months have been difficult for locally owned small firms because of [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 30,2009
Tags: Downtown Business Improvement District, easy park cards, meters, parking, shopping
To help lure shoppers downtown for the holiday season, the Downtown Business Improvement District will open a temporary shop to sell gift cards that can be used at more than 100 downtown retailers. Shoppers also can purchase easy-park cards, a pre-paid credit card that can be used on downtown parking meters. Starting Dec. 4, The shop, at 101 [...] [...]
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