Don’t Fall for Black Friday Sales, Thanksgiving is the Real Steal

On Thursday, will you be holding a turkey drumstick or a credit card? That's the decision that many consumers are weighing this year as a growing number of retailers are participating in Gray Thursday, the Black Friday Creep or Turkey Day (whatever you wish to call it) and offering … [Read more...]

Retailers Push for High Cyber Monday Web Traffic

Black Friday and Small Business Saturday are now part of 2012 history, with record sales including Thanksgiving Day. Now research firm comScore predicts Cyber Monday will surpass all three days’ online sales and be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third consecutive … [Read more...]

Americans Find Funds for Holiday Travels in Spite of Tough Economy

More than 43 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles this holiday weekend, according to AAA’s Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Forecast, and 90 percent of those journeys will take place on the road. Thanksgiving travel has increased for four consecutive years, and is now up … [Read more...]