Christmas shopping a fun sport?
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Winnipeg Free Press - TO Robin Grant, it’s not stressed-out, frenzied, last-minute shopping before Christmas. To her, it’s a competition. Come again Brother and sister, Greg and May Cruz, were 20th in line at one clothing store. They were patient but “getting hot,” said May
Best Christmas deals come in January
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Shopping From the day after New Year’s through Jan. 8, clothing and electronic items will be dirt cheap. All those gifts that went
Christmas punch lines are proving ‘elf-evident’
Yakima Herald Republic - I’m not talking about the smug I-finished-my- Christmas-shopping-before-Thanksgiving types, who have time to bake cookies Knowing how the winter weather is in Vancouver, and lacking the proper clothing, she went to a local outdoor shop to buy
Shopping centre guard is stabbed
BBC UK News - Three men wearing black clothing were seen running up the ramp into the Palisades shopping centre on Saturday afternoon. They attacked the guard and stabbed him in the lower abdomen, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. A number
Shopping: A race to the finish line
Cincinnati Enquirer - Everything s 20 percent off at Boutique Alley, a new designer clothing store in Bridgewater Falls shopping center in Fairfield Township, said owner Ann Bowling. After a slow first half of December, traffic and sales have picked up, Bowling said
Passport-free zone envelops Europe
Globe and Mail - In Ukraine and Belarus, citizens made panicked last-minute shopping forays into Slovakia and Poland yesterday, loading their cars with meat, clothing, liquor, cigarettes, Christmas presents and automobile parts. The wait at the Poland-Belarus border
U.K. November Retail Sales Rose Most in Three Months (Update3)
Bloomberg - The textile, clothing and household goods components declined. The implied deflator, a measure of annual inflation in shops, was 1.3 percent down from a year earlier and close to the lowest since 2004, as retailers including French
Clock Ticking On Holiday Shopping Wrap-Up
Tyler Morning Telegraph - It was the biggest sales advance in six months and evidence of widespread strength in a number of areas, from department stores to clothing shops and furniture stores. The cost of living really has not affected Ms. Tarrant’s shopping experience, she
Woman, 20 charged in shopper’s stabbing
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - A 20-year-old employee of a Jackson clothing store has been charged with stabbing a woman who was shopping there. Jackson police spokesman Sgt. Jeffery Scott said Jocelyn Howard was arrested tonight after Lyshell Wilson was stabbed multiple times
Think of others at Christmas
Ottawa Sun - and we hope most of that spending is being done in Canada, as retailers continue to feel the impact of cross-border shopping There are food drives and toy drives and clothing drives that all need our help. And the adults and children who benefit don




