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If saving isn’t your shopping concern, how about the holiday hustle? Crowded malls is what you can expect when you’re out shopping, but there’s some help right on your smart phone. Malls across the nation are going digital by helping shoppers get through the holiday madness. “We’re trying to make the whole shopping experience as […]

  After a recent shopping trip I overheard a woman saying she stays away from eating healthier because she is on a fixed income and healthy food is way to expensive. I was a little stunned, but I also could empathize with her confession. I have been there, in the grocery store deciding what healthy […]

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  The first Father’s Day was first celebrated in 1910, but wouldn’t be proclaimed a national holiday for another 50 years. In the last century, gifts honoring dads have become big business during the summer retail season, and Father’s Day spending is expected to hit $12.5 billion this year, according to a consumer survey by […]

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  President Barack Obama is doing his part to support small businesses. Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha dropped in Saturday at Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore and purchased what he said was a “long list” of books that included “The Kite Runner,” ”Harold and the Purple Crayon,” and “The Sports Gene. The president said he bought a reader for […]

It feels like I just stopped picking candy corn out of my teeth and the holiday wrapping paper, candy canes and glittering decorations have already…

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If you still have holiday gifts to buy, Monday might be one of your last chances to order online and have it delivered in time for the holidays. The deadlines for shipping items are approaching, and that’s why an estimated 2,000 retailers are expected to offer free shipping on this one day. This is the […]

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News footage of Black Friday sales, in which shoppers line up after Thanksgiving in search of steeply reduced merchandise, can resemble an episode of the classic nature show “Wild Kingdom.” Shoppers wind neatly along the edges of big box stores like patiently waiting army ants. As doors open, sleep-deprived bargain hunters leap past one another […]

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As bargain shoppers make their Black Friday lists and check them twice, retail employees are rising in protest against the shopping holiday. In recent weeks retailers like Toys R’ Us, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and many others have been competing for the attention of Black Friday shoppers. In the past few years, stores opened their […]

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FAIRVIEW PARK, OH (WOIO) – – A grand opening Wednesday for a new healthy supermarket. Earth Fare is located in Westgate, and will offer a wide variety of local, organic and healthy foods. The market prohibits items with high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils (trans-fats), as well as artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors […]

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Waffle Maker Riot Captured Black Friday 2011 has seen its share of noteworthy, bargain-fueled madness. Shoppers lined up earlier than ever to take advantage of midnight openings and to get discounts at some stores that even opened on Thanksgiving Day. There have been reports of shoppers pepper spraying one another in the hunt for deals […]

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At the Best Buy in Cuyahoga Falls, shoppers came early. Very early. “I set my tent up Friday at 6:00 p.m.,” said Seth Klatik, of Cuyahoga Falls. “I got here Saturday about 2:00 p.m.,” added Damon Henderson, of Mogadore. Die-hard Black Friday shoppers lined up in tents outside the store. By Tuesday evening, four tents […]

CLEVELAND – Before you head out the door for a block buster and get caught up in the frenzy, the BBB offers the following tip sheet to help you save time and money. Tip 1 – Know before You Go In the coming weeks many retailers will release their Black Friday deals online, in social […]