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Share.. With Black Friday quickly approaching, you might be looking for a great deal before the holiday rush comes in December. One of the best ways to take the hassle out of shopping is to use online stores. Black Friday is the number one shopping day in the world. Wouldn’t you like to get the [...]

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Share..If you did not read it in the Times, read it here. This year, the back-to-school shopping season is happening early. Birds, the worms are ready for you. Retailers and advertisers are pushing up the start of their sales and marketing campaigns devoted to stationery, children’s clothing, computers and other back-to-school merchandise. The reason for [...]

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Share..24/7 Wall St. recently drew up their annual list of brands that are on the verge of extinction. This year’s list reads: Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, MySpace, and Kellog’s Corn Pops all appear on the list. Last year’s list predicted the demise of [...]

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Share..Shopping for music? Lady Gaga’s new record, “Born This Way“, set another record this week. Alas, not one that she will be happy with. Sales of the album fell by 84% from its hot (yet discount-inflated) opening week. That’s the steepest drop-off in sales, expressed in a percentage basis, of any of the seventeen albums [...]

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Share..The National Endowment for the Arts recently released a study that showed while more Americans go to the movies on a regular basis they spend more of their money on live performing arts, judging by ticket revenue, that is. Falling in between sports events and the movies as a measure of economic value, performing arts [...]

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Share..The Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is the price the manufacturer suggests the retailer should sell an item at. It was created to try and stabilize the pricing of items and especially brand names, across stores. What shoppers do not know is Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price is not always based on hard numbers or any [...]

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Share..Now, with the economy starting to back bounce from its unfortunate reality of the last couple of years, thrifty consumers are on the lookout for quality used goods. These thrifty consumers are visiting estate sales and spending more and more money. According to Caring Transitions, a company which manages estate sales, bargain hunters are spending [...]

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Share..Black Friday has apparently come early this year, with big name retailers offering generous discounts well before Nov. 27th! A tradition breaker and a pocket pleaser this is! Traditionally the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest bargain bomb shopping day of the year. This year Walmart, Kmart, Sears, Toys “R” Us, Best Buy, CVS, Target, [...]

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