The Holiday Wrap Up Business Blog

Target tries to get toy shoppers to bite early on bargains

Sara Clarke — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:56:01 -0500

Target published an advertisement Sunday apparently aimed at getting savvy shoppers to hit the stores before Black Friday. The 44-page toy catalog includes "the big holiday toy sale" and eight pages of coupons. Both the sale and the coupons expire...

Feast yourselves on Thanksgiving Day shopping

SandraPedicini — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:57:43 -0500

If the family togetherness and feasts just aren't enough to keep you busy on Thanksgiving, and you feel the need to get a jump on Black Friday shopping, here's another shopping center announcing it will be open on Turkey Day:...

Are you ready for holiday shopping??

Sara Clarke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:23:44 -0500

It happens every year at this time. I walk into a store on a normal errand -- let's say, buying socks -- and as I'm perusing the aisles, I pause, listen closer, and ask myself 'Is that Christmas music?' Well,...

Kmart joins the deal hawking

SandraPedicini — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:27 -0500

A couple days after Walmart announced it has rolled back prices on toys, Kmart has announced some hoilday deals of its own. Like most other retailers, it has Black Friday specials. (Except it calls them Blue Friday specials, in honor...

Family Dollar joins holiday discount parade

Mark Skoneki — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:38:59 -0500

Family Dollar has become the latest retailer to announce deeply discounted gift items for the holiday season. Read the company's press release below: CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Family Dollar, one of the fastest-growing discount retail chains in the...

Deck the malls

SandraPedicini — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:46:41 -0500

Central Florida malls have begun announcing plans for ringing in the holidays. Seminole Towne Center will have a holiday-inspired Girls' Night Out to benefit Safehouse of Seminole domestic violence shelter from 6 to 9 p.m. this Thursday. Admission is free....

Walmart announces rolled-back toys

SandraPedicini — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:28:05 -0500

Walmart has announced that it's reduced the prices of about 100 new toys this holiday season, from Buzz Lightyear to Barbie. The new savings effort is in addition to Walmart’s 100 toys for $10 pricing previously announced. Walmart’s latest toy...

Welcome to holiday season 2009

Mark Skoneki — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:41:39 -0400

Watch out, here comes the holiday season of 2009! A team of Sentinel reporters and editors are here to help you navigate through the maze that is the biggest shopping adventure of the year. Look for continuous updates with the...

Happy returns

Mark Skoneki — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:53:36 -0500

Anika Palm just filed this report Even the return process, usually a hassle on the day after Christmas, was going smoothly today. At the Super Target in the new Sodo power center south of downtown Orlando, Mary Eldridge was returning...

Post-Christmas sales "really calm this year"

Mark Skoneki — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:52:17 -0500

Sandra Pedicini just filed this report: Shoppers across the region and state were hitting the stores Friday to return unwanted Christmas presents and to take advantage of post-holiday discounts of up to 75 percent. At the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Apopka,...