Shoppers arrived in Robinson on Black Friday for the busiest retail day of the year. Patch has snapshots from area stores.
Shoppers arrived in Robinson on Black Friday for the busiest retail day of the year. Patch has snapshots from area stores.
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Have you trimmed your spending because of the economy or has good fortune enabled you to spend more?
Many of you might already be done with your holiday shopping. Still others might be waiting for even better deals that sometimes pop up prior to Christmas. But how does your spending compare to prior holiday seasons? Those who have lost jobs due to the economy, who feel their jobs might be threatened or who have suffered other setbacks might be a little tighter with the purse strings than someone who just got that promotion. With Black Friday and Small Business Saturday over, and Cyber Monday waiting for a business surge tomorrow, you should have a pretty good handle on your 2012 holiday budget. So how much do you plan to spend this holiday season? Let us know by voting in our poll. And tell us in the comments section why you are spending …
Stuck in a traffic jam? Standing in line? Or sailing right through a checkout? Share your photos and experiences from the busiest shopping day of the year
For bargain-hunters, this is the big day. Are you braving the crowds today at the Ross Park Mall, the Cranberry Mall or Cranberry Commons? Snag a great deal—or at least a parking spot in the same zip code—at the Mall at Robinson, Robinson Towne Centre or another area shopping hot spot? What deals brought you to the stores? What's your best, worst or most surprising experience so far? Oh, and how's the Black Friday traffic out there in Wexford and around the Sewickley Valley? Share your photos of the fun. Click the "Upload photos and videos" button to get started. Then share your bargains, experiences and tips in the comments.
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While some major retailers planned to open their doors as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, plenty of deals will still await shoppers today at Walmart, Target, Best Buy and elsewhere.
With each passing year, it seems Black Friday begins earlier and earlier—6 a.m., then 5 a.m., then 4 a.m. This year, Black Friday actually started on Thanksgiving Thursday night. Should you be one of those traditional folks who don't believe in Black Friday shopping until it's actually Black Friday, however, here's what you need to know about shopping opportunities today in the western suburbs. In Sewickley Several stores in town are having Black Friday sales, some of which carry over to Small Business Saturday. Save your gas and shop local. It'll be hard to resist the deals lined up at these stores. Click here for store hours and specials. Big box retailers Walmart in North Fayette will remain open 24 hours throughout the holiday, …
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Plenty of local stores are opening earlier today too. Before you head out to the big retailers, check out these in-town deals that support small businesses--and your wallet.
You don't have to wait until Small Business Saturday to shop locally. Many Sewickley businesses are also offering Black Friday specials. Check out some of the local deals being offered today and tomorrow and let us know about your finds. Cafe Des Amis Special: Get a free doughnut (one per person) on Black Friday. Food specials are Fried Bologna Sandwich with cheese served with one side for $8.50 or Pumpkin Pancakes served with bacon or sausage for $7.48 Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Fun Buy the Pound Special: 30 percent off all Melissa and Doug items. Sale ends Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Penguin Bookshop Special: Receive 5 to 50 …
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Patch columnist Nia Stanley couldn't imagine shopping on Black Friday, let alone firing pepper spray into a crowd to clear a path to a good shopping deal.
Deck the halls with ... pepper spray? Who doesn’t love a bargain? I watch TLC's Extreme Couponing, read blogs about saving money, and follow a Twitter account called "Free Stuff Finder." When I can find a good deal, I’m all about it. But one event I have steadfastly refused to participate in is Black Friday. “But why, Nia?”, you ask incredulously. “Does the idea of sleeping in front of Best Buy for the opportunity to possibly score a giant flat screen TV (which you most likely won’t get anywhere near) instead of spending Thanksgiving with your family not appeal to you?” No. And this year, Black Friday got an even worse rap, with many retailers opening their doors even earlier on Thanksgiving Day. A Target employee started an online …
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3:29 pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
I quite disagree with the post. My experience Black Friday was awesome: -saved $300 on a cool notebook at Staples -waited just over 1 1/2 hours ahead of the open -friendly staff distributed vouchers to people in line Altogether, an incredibly pleasant experience. more ›
For consumers, today is the internet equivalent of Black Friday. Our Patch Poll wants to know: Will you be shopping online today?
We have to wonder who comes up with these numbers, but the dollar-counting experts say that shoppers spent $52 billion in retail stores on Black Friday. (Can you imagine the chaos if that were all at the Dollar Store?) After all that, we wonder who has any money left over for more shopping. The same experts are predicting that Americans will spend another cool $1 billion today shopping online. We actually enjoy shopping for jammies while wearing our jammies, and it looks like we won't be alone. We are wondering whether you will be sitting down in front of your computer for some gift buying today. Vote in our Patch Poll, please. We'll bring you the results tomorrow.
We took a show of hands: Who thinks stores should be open for the holiday? The 'No' votes won in a landslide.
For many chain stores, Thanksgiving Day provided only a brief pause from the daily routine. By late afternoon Thursday, "big-box" retailers and some specialty chain stores were saying adios to the holiday and opening their doors. Did you see the mad rush on the news? Shoppers who had been waiting in line all day burst through the open doors like young parents pushing strollers through the opening gates at Disney World. Sounds like they wanted to nab big-screen TVs, which were being sold 10-for-a-penny or something like that. Although the Black Friday rush in Western Pennsylvania appeared to be orderly for the most part, that was not the case everywhere. In other states, a woman used pepper spray on a competing shopper, and a police …
The day after Thanksgiving, or Black Friday, is the busiest shopping day of the year and kicks off the holiday shopping season. As early as Thursday evening, shoppers from Cranberry to North Hills to Robinson, came out with one common goal—a good deal.
Mere hours after taking their last bites of Thanksgiving dinner, thousands of area bargain hunters awakened from their food comas and headed to malls and box stores in hopes of snagging at least a few Black Friday deals. “I dragged them,” Lorraine Boyer joked, pointing to her two daughters, Marie Johnston and Michelle Giovango. “I’ve been dragging them for 12 years.” “It’s a tradition. It’s nice to go out with family,” daughter Marie Johnston added. They weren't alone. By 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening, every parking space was taken in the Toys R’ Us and Walmart parking lots in Cranberry. Lines stretched around the block as eager shoppers waited for doors to open and the 2011 holiday shopping season to begin. Cranberry residents Boyer, …
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12:18 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Well, James, I'm big on doing those things around the holidays that bring you joy, satisfaction, or bring such to others. Which is why I support your choices as they bring joy to you and yours. If you love baking and giving cookies to everyone around you, that can be a great way for you to celebrate the holiday. If going to church services does it for you, then that's what you should do. If … more ›