Labor Day Means Big Savings for Car Shoppers

For many, Labor Day is more than just pool parties and family barbecues. Instead the holiday means tons of sales and waiting to buy a car during the holiday saved some West Texans quite a bit of cash.

Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months

Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe — a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned.

Bart Stinchcomb, of Bart's CD Cellar, opens new record store in Boulder

Bart's back in business with Music Shack at 236 Pearl St. Bart Stinchcomb and his daughter, Scarlet Stinchcomb, 13, add price tags to vinyl records Monday at their new store, Bart s Music Shack, on west Pearl Street in Boulder.

Gun stolen 23 years ago found

A .45-caliber Colt 1911 pistol that was stolen in 1987 wound up 2,300 miles away in a Washington State pawn shop - and should soon be reunited with its owner thanks to the Internet and old-fashioned police work.

Coral Springs firefighters put out barbecue fire, salvage 2-year-old's birthday cake, gifts

CORAL SPRINGS -- Firefighters not only put out a fire after a barbecue grill exploded and disrupted a 2-year-old's birthday party, but they also salvaged gifts and brought the cake out to the awaiting family, authorities reported.

Bargain hunters and the merely curious fill Hartville Flea Market

On holiday weekends, especially, the flea market is a guaranteed crowd magnet. At 9 a.m. Monday, the parking lot already was packed, cars were backed up in both directions waiting to get in, and early shoppers already were heading to their cars with grocery carts filled with finds.

State wants sales tax from online purchases

BIRMINGHAM — Residents who claim they did not owe use taxes from online or out-of-state purchases could soon get a letter from Alabama tax authorities urging any holdouts to pay up.

Ultralight startups: little capital, just computer

From his apartment in Berkeley's student ghetto, 19-year-old Raymond Lei runs an online T-shirt printing business that grossed more than $60,000 in August, putting him on track to post more than $700,000 in sales this year. The UC Berkeley sophomore, who... University of California Berkeley - California - Education - United States - University of California

Vail Valley businesses report strong Labor Day holiday

Monday was Labor Day, so Jen and Luca Bruno were working, and happy to be wrapping up a successful holiday weekend. "It was a good weekend," said Jen Bruno, co-owner of the Luca Bruno and Luca Bruno Due clothing stores in Vail Village. "The town had great energy, there were lots of people. It was a nice way to end the summer season." A weekend packed with events including the annual Vail Jazz ...

Car Dealers Riding on Labor Day Deals to Boost Sales

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Labor Day is traditionally the holiday that celebrates American workers and their social and economic achievements.

Emigrating? Cash it in!

Book flights online! Go shopping! Got something to say? Click here to send a mail to Financial-fitness editor Kabous le Roux.

Close call in Cape Epic

Book flights online! Go shopping! Burry Stander during stage two of the 2010 Absa Cape Epic. SPORTZPICS

Aussies want online shopping

Getprice CEO Chris Hitchen says Aussie consumers are ready to explode into online shopping.

Kids get gifts in Ramadan campaign

Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) concluded its ‘Ramadan Blessings’ campaign yesterday by visiting children at Hamad Medical Corporation to present them with gifts in celebration of Eid al-Fitr.

Playing while working

Workers are spending hours of their employers' time shopping online and in other personal activities as a modern trend.

N-Dubz' music saviour

Book flights online! Go shopping! Got something to say? Click here to send a mail to Entertainment editor Candace Whitehead.

The Hut Group Score Goal With Launch of INTERSPORT Store Online

INTERSPORT UK, the largest independent sports retailer, has selected The Hut Group to power an end-to-end online retail store at http://www.INTERSPORT.co.uk

McNary's Jewelry Store closing its doors after 110 years

This article has been read 4731 times. Sitting in his office during a lunch break last week, Joe Ames recalled holiday shopping seasons of years past when his McNary's Jewelry Store was part of a thriving downtown business district.

Cell C store cleaned out

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Europa Casino Awards Players Dazzling Gifts in Honor of the Venice Film Festival

To Celebrate the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival, Europa Casino Is Awarding All Depositing Players a Red Carpet Worthy Bonus

Haul Videos Going Viral During Back to School Shopping Season

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS) – Back to school shopping season is still in full swing, with retailers pulling out all the stops to get consumers into their stores. Young shoppers appear to be giving some brands a boost with a relatively new phenomenon – filming and posting “haul videos” online. It’s a fairly simple system: [...]

Louisville Labor Day shopping : a guide to the sales [St. Matthews]

I'm a sucker for the word "sale." Tell me I am getting a good deal - scratch that - an UNBELIEVABLE deal and I am MUCH more likely to buy your product. That makes days like Labor Day a little hard for me. read more

9% Down - UK Tackles Online Payment Fraud Head On

Shopping online has never been more secure for UK consumers, thanks to strategies put in place by retailers to beat card crime, according to Retail Decisions , the international payment fraud prevention group.

Traders still selling unsafe, violent toys

VietNamNet Bridge – Toy shops are brightly light these days with lanterns of various shapes, colours and sound as they prepare for the upcoming Tet Trung Thu (Full Moon Festival).

No farewell tribute for Cox from Marlins

MIAMI (AP) -- Retiring Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox has received an assortment of going-away gifts this year from other teams, including a Wrigley Field seat and an autographed Stan Musial photo.

Scammers target auto repair shops

A variation on a Nigerian wire scam apparently is targeting automobile repair shops in the Medford area. Using a stolen credit card, the scammers say they want to have a car towed to the repair shop, but need the shop to wire money to pay for the towing.

PostCoder.com Store Locator Software Actively Increases Fabric Warehouse's Potential Customer Base Through Lookup ...

NORWICH, England , Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Fabric Warehouse, a national organisation specialising in textiles and fabric retail, is currently working with PostCoder.com www.postcoder.com in a bid to improve customer relations through lookup address searches and drive sales forward. The introduction of store locator software and online address finder PostCoder Web ...

Study: Online retailers dial up mobile strategies

Washington--Online retailers are speeding up their mobile marketing initiatives, driven by consumers' ever-increasing appetite for mobile applications, according to a new study.

Summer elves needed to wrap gifts for meals on wheels

The Visiting Nurse Association invites everyone to come indoors and cool off at the organization’s holiday gift wrap event from 1-4 p.m. on Aug. 11.

What's open on Labor Day

Open: Most shopping centers, parks and restaurants. Most malls close early.

Vintage treasures a click away

SORTING through the racks at op shops and vintage shops can be tiring, so why not head online and shop for one-off vintage finds at Spanish Moss.

Online shopping hits peak at 4 p.m. Wednesday

Workers are spending hours of their employers' time shopping online.

Online shopping hits peak at 4 p.m. Wednesday

Workers are spending hours of their employers' time shopping online.

Online Taxes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials are warning residents that they may owe taxes on purchases made online or with out-of-state retailers.

No tribute for Cox from Marlins

Retiring Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox has received an assortment of going-away gifts this year from other teams, including a Wrigley Field seat and an autographed Stan Musial photo. The Florida Marlins gave Cox a snub. Florida's three-game weekend series against NL East rival Atlanta ended Sunday without any ceremony for Cox, who criticized Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria earlier this season.

Eid shopping

A customer checks out Indonesian-made dresses at a clothes shop in Jakarta. During the forthcoming Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, a growing number of fashionistas across the region visit Indonesia to splurge on new festive “Made in Indonesia” clothes to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month

Shops at Mission Viejo Seeing Several Stores Move In

The Shops at Mission Viejo are seeing an influx of new stores, in the Marketplace column

Ferns collapse gifts series to Australia

The Silver Ferns are running out of time to learn how to compete with the Australians in tight netball games.

Carrefour launches online store in the UAE

Dubai, UAE, 5 September 2010: Carrefour Carrefour customers are now able to purchase an array of non-food items online at www.ic4uae.com.

Earn cashback from shopping online

Half of the UK shopped online last month - but 95% paid more than they needed to Whether you're shopping for groceries, renewing your car insurance or eating out, there's an easy way to save money on every purchase: just shop through Quidco. Why choose Quidco?

Downtown Darien Hosts Holiday Hunt

"I spy" isn't just for family road trips any more. This holiday season, the Darien Chamber of Commerce is creating its own version of the game throughout Downtown Darien.

Weekend Feature: Gifts For Hosts, Gifts For Guests

Trends expert Maggie Gallant shares with NY1 some ideas of gifts to give a host or hostess and gifts that hosts can give their guests.

ABC Opens New Online Store With CafePress

ABC and CafePress have introduced a new ABC Online Store where of fans of the TV networks shows will be able to buy official merchandise along with merchandise designed by other fans. CafePress technology will allow visitors to the site to design their own t-shirts, posters, water bottles and other custom products. These fan-designed products will live alongside official merchandise in the ABC ...

Holiday shoppers crowd supermarkets

Supermarket and shopping centres in HCM City were crowded with shoppers enjoying a long National Day holiday and the city's promotion month offering discounts on thousands of products.

Two Hannibal pawn shops burglarized, but only one has items removed

Two pawn shops were burglarized minutes apart Thursday but thanks to a working alarm system only one business had items removed. The businesses are located in the 300 block of South Third and the 3400 block of Market.

Ashely Rose Boutique, a New Online Store that has Something for Everyone

At the new online store, Ashley Rose Boutique, clients will find a variety of quality products. The website has three sections, Beauty, Health and Household. Inside the store, shoppers will find brands like Artistry, which for over 10 years has been among the world's top five largest-selling prestige brands of facial skin care and colour cosmetics.

Gifts, toys sector looks into green processes

CITING the growing global demand for green products and methods, export companies under the gift, toys, and houseware (GTH) sector recently adopted a new strategy in its approach on the European Union read more

Shopping Site 'Thefind' Finds Its Facebook Way, Carefully

The increasingly popular online shopping site Thefind has finally found a way to connect with Facebook, without being creepy. It’s not a technical breakthrough — plenty of sites now work with Facebook to let users log-in — but Thefind has been grappling with how to integrate with Facebook in a way that’s relevant and privacy-respectful.

Online clothes shopping booming

Online clothes shopping is expected to grow to $144 billion by 2014 in western Europe according to market research company

Gifts of joy for kids at Hamad Hospital

A group of eight HSBC sponsored students recently visited children at Hamad Hospital to present them with gifts and snacks to mark the holy month of Ramadan.