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Lawton's Largest Garage, Antiques and Collectables Sale [PHOTO]

Critter — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:42:48 +0000

It's back, bigger and better than ever before! Lawton's largest garage, antiques and collectables sale returns to the Great Plains Coliseum 920 S.W. Sheridan Road. The doors are open until 4:00pm at the G.P.C. it's just $2.00 to get in and kids 14 and under are FREE!

Store Raises Eyebrows By Charging a $5 'Just Looking' Fee

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:02:29 +0000
The economy is getting so tough one store is actually charging customers who don’t buy anything. A specialty food store in Brisbane, Australia has taken the controversial measure of informing people they will be charged $5 just for browsing. And word of the policy has spread, since someone snapped a photo of a sign explaining [...]

Would You Do Your Christmas Shopping in January to Save Money? — Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:01:53 +0000

We all know some of the best sales of the year come right after Christmas. So here's an interesting thought: Why not do your holiday shopping in early January and get more bang for your gift-giving buck?

Robotic Mannequins Are Being Used to Spy on Shoppers

Amanda Ferris — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:08:12 +0000

If you ever get a creepy feeling that the mannequins in the department store are watching you, you just might be right. Some fashion brands are now using mannequins equipped with technology used to identify criminals at airports to watch shoppers at their stores.

Best Buy Will Try Not to Ruin Christmas Again This Year

Mike Adams — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:06:30 +0000

Last year, Best Buy made a bunch of their customers angry when they were unable to fill the orders taken on Black Friday and Cyber Monday due to a lack of inventory. The company then failed to make its customers aware of this until just days before Christmas. Needless to say, Best Buy’s customer-service practices have not been held in very high regard ever since.

Your Official Guide to When Stores Will Open on Black Friday

Mike Adams — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:12:57 +0000

There is hardly any such thing as Black Friday anymore. With numerous retailers, like Walmart, opening their doors to holiday bargain addicts as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, other retailers must now either join the circus or risk missing out on frantic buyers with turkey hangovers and itchy spending fingers.

Toys R Us and Macy's Will Combine to Form Christmas-Shopping Voltron

Mike Adams — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:23:08 +0000

Toys R Us announced earlier this week plans to open up toy departments in some 24 Macy’s retail outlets across the United States, bringing the two retailing giants together just in time for the holiday shopping season.

We Found Some Great Black Friday Deals for You in Lawton [SPONSORED]

Clay Miller — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:30:07 +0000

Will you be out braving the crowds? We have lots of survival guide information for you on our site. We spoke with some of our clients and found some great Black Friday deals just for you! Here is a sneak peak of some of the great deals we have found!

Black Friday Deals Every Pet Owner Should Know About

Vetstreet Editors — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:34:46 +0000

Planning to get a jump on your holiday shopping this week? Don’t forget man’s best friend — a variety of pet retailers are offering steals and deals for the dog and cat sets on Black Friday. Get out there early and get Fido what he really wants for the holidays this year!

Black Friday Stampede Knocks Woman's Wig Off [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:13:36 +0000
Anyone who is a fan of chaos and new technology should head over to their nearest shopping center the day after Thanksgiving because they’re in for a real treat — full-blown, legalized rioting disguised as ‘Black Friday’ shopping. Black Friday isn’t just a shopping day. For some lunatics, it’s a war. People will literally do anything [...]

5 Things You Shouldn't Buy on Black Friday

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:28:00 +0000
leejordan / stampendous / bcinfrance / pedrokwezi / anthonydecosta, Flickr Savvy buyers know Black Friday can be one of the best days of the year to find terrific bargains, but not all items are such great deals. In order to better your experience on that infamous shopping day, here are some things you may want [...]

8 Weird and Wacky Thanksgiving Items From Etsy

Rose Maura Lorre — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:48:27 +0000
This Thanksgiving, let's all give thanks to online crafts, clothes and curios store Etsy.com. For without them, we'd be deprived of the following 10 items of pure holiday kitsch. 1 Pumpkin Pie Soap Buy it! These pumpkin pie-shaped hand soaps are certainly pretty and definitely tempting to look at. In other words, it's [...]

Florida Woman Shows How Excited She Is for Best Buy's Black Friday Sale [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:59:10 +0000

Some stores have made headlines this week for opening their doors to Black Friday shoppers on Thanksgiving night instead of the following day, but for one young Florida woman, even that’s not early enough.

10 Fun and Offbeat Etsy Finds For Black Friday

Rose Maura Lorre — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:47:04 +0000
While the sellers on Etsy.com are probably hoping you'll spend all your Christmas cash on their handicrafts come Cyber Monday, it seems many of them are also aware how much people love a good, live-and-in-person Black Friday sale. How else to explain the site's plethora of Black Friday-themed merch? Arm yourself with these accoutrements so [...]

Back To School Eve – The Marathon Is Over

Clay Miller — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:29:55 +0000
Today is Wednesday. To most people it is mid week or “Hump-Day.” But for my house, this is “Back To School Eve!” And I have just finished the marathon of all marathon’s. Yes the draining of my wallet and gas tank doing the back to school shopping. It is no secret that I and my [...]