Signs indicate that the mild non-winter of 2011-2012 is giving the economy a much-needed boost. Warm weather has helped employment in fields such as construction, and also helped consumers save on heating bills. More jobs, and a little more money in American consumers’ pockets, have meant increased spending at places such as home improvement stores, and even a rise in car sales.
Smartphones—and therefore, deals—are everywhere this holiday season. This means that shoppers should have an especially easy time getting the best price on gifts. Then again, it also means that retailers have an especially easy time reaching consumers and tempting them into making purchases.
It doesn’t seem to matter that September is closer to Christmas in July than actual Christmas, or that back-to-school shopping has barely ended, or that Halloween and Thanksgiving shopping have barely begun. With retailers’ quest to continually expand the winter holiday shopping season, you’re bound to see stockings, ornaments, and outdoor Santa displays any day [...]
Thanks to Mother Nature and power grid glitches, American households in Connecticut, San Diego, and many parts in between have been without power for extended periods of time in recent weeks. Now, in the wake of cell phones that can’t be recharged, night after night lit only by flashlight, and obscene amounts of spoiled food, [...]
Also in this week’s link roundup, what you can still buy for just $1, and why fast food “value meals”—which cost way more than $1—aren’t really good values.
Help the earth and get something in return at the same time: free trees, free coffee, free reusable shopping bags, free milkshakes, free skin cleanser, and more.
Follow this link to print out a coupon or get an online discount of $10 off purchases of $50 and up at Lowe’s. The discount is valid for purchases made by Monday, April 4.
Along the lines of Aeropostale and its “After Christmas Prices” before Christmas, home improvement center Lowe’s is already offering big discounts—60% off!—on holiday decorations.
Increasingly, the idea of a completely set, non-negotiable price is disappearing pretty much anywhere and everywhere consumers shop nowadays—even at huge retail centers such as Lowes.
National retail chains such as Macy’s and Lowes say that they maintain strictly set prices on the goods they sell. But that doesn’t stop stories from spreading about sales staffers who are willing to drop prices when customers ask. Even if haggling your way to a discount is the exception to the rule, there’s no [...]
There may be something new (and perhaps mystical) in your mall, around the block, on your roof, or near the checkout line of your supermarket.
