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Downtown Danville stores happy shoppers thinking small
kpeek@amnews.comIn the midst of the hectic commercialism that has engulfed the weekend following Thanksgiving, specifically the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions, a day has been designated to promote the small businesses in communities nationwide. This includes...Tags: Holidays, Black Friday (shopping), Thanksgiving, American Express Company, Business
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Shop until you drop: Shoppers in Clark County and nationwide take advantage of Black Friday deals
This year’s Black Friday shoppers were split into two distinct groups: those who wanted to fall into a turkey-induced slumber and those who’d rather shop instead. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Manhattan (New York City), Bronx (New York City), GameStop, American Express Company
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Local briefs: Nov. 23, 2012
Bake/craft sale benefitting Relay for Life There will be a holiday bake and craft sale at Walmart Dec. 1 from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. as a fundraiser for Relay for Life. Donations also will be accepted. If gifts are made in honor of someone else, cards will be...
Tags: Small Businesses, Walmart, Human Interest
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Survey: Businesses prefer regional buy-local campaign
TidewaterBizThe Retail Alliance is moving forward with the development of a buy-local campaign after most of the businesses it surveyed wanted to move forward on the project. Of the 50 businesses surveyed, 74 percent wanted to continue developing a campaign and...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Elections, Sales, Business, Politics
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Hinsdale merchants still in the market for holiday shoppers
Spotlights searched the evening sky in Hinsdale, possibly looking for that red-suited man who appeared on time and as expected at the village's annual Christmas Walk, an event that kicks off the holiday season. The spotlights, however, weren't going...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Business, Small Businesses
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Newly hired Hagerstown official to focus on current, future health of downtown
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe struggles of operating a successful business in downtown Hagerstown are not a new theme. Numerous longtime businesses have left City Center over the past few years, either for greener pastures outside the downtown or because they could not survive....Tags: Washington, DC, Business, Economic Policy
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Consumer spending? Way too much
Pretzels, tattoos, and gambling can save the U.S. economy. In "By the Numbers: How Americans Spend Their Money," Lucas Reilly reports that in 2011, Americans spent trillions shopping for all sorts of sine qua nons: $550 million on pretzels, $96 billion on...Tags: Government, National Government, Cyber Monday, U.S. Congress, Finance
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The Crowd: Puttin' on the Ritz for Chapman
The classy Christmas at the Ritz holiday luncheon Saturday benefiting Chapman University attracted a sold-out crowd, raising nearly $190,000. The 26th annual celebration is produced by the Women of Chapman support group, this season chaired by the...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture, Education, Beau Bridges
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Coming up dry in search for sense in Sandy aid denial
Trying to make sense of the Obama administration denying federal relief to Maryland for the flooding and other damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, and I'm coming up dry. No one besides maybe Grover Norquist would have beefed had Maryland picked up a few...Tags: Holidays, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Barack Obama, Elections, Ken Ulman
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On parking tickets, speeding tickets and O'Malley's politics
Nobody asked me but ... if one is urged to support small retailers during the holiday shopping season, one might expect the municipalities in which they are located to take a holiday on parking tickets. Consider what happened to Debbie Bakalich when she...Tags: Elections, Services and Shopping, Gays and Lesbians, Government, Executive Branch
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MAWG supports `Shop and Buy Local'
The Meyersdale Area Watch Group (MAWG) commends this community for its active participation on Nov. 23-24 in “Small Business Saturday,” an event organized by the Meyersdale Area Merchants Association. This event coincided with the American...Tags: Sales, American Express Company, Business, Technology, Small Businesses
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Local Stores Profit from Small Business Saturday
Channel 2 NewsThere was nothing small about this weekend’s Small Business Saturday. Sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, U.S consumers shopped small this year spending billions of dollars in keeping their money local. About 500,000 small...Tags: Holidays, Sales, Business, Small Businesses, Cyber Monday
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