Thursday, November 22, 2012
Need some help on the go? We've got it here.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Black Friday/Thursday is almost here, and the Internet will be full of deals. But even after all that online browsing, you may still need some help when you are on the shopping scene, or running other errands. Look no further. Thanks to popular technology site Mashable.com, we bring you some money-saving apps for Black Friday. And make no mistake, plenty of people are planning to use their smartphones and tablet computers to find those holiday deals. An article by USA TODAY points out that almost 70 percent of smartphone owners plan to use the devices for holiday shopping, according to one survey. Smartphone ownership is on the rise: 46.1 percent of consumers have one, up from 39.7 percent last year, according to another survey. Some apps …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Area malls will open at or near midnight Thanksgiving for holiday shoppers.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth and other malls near Suwanee will give shoppers plenty of time to find items on their holiday gift lists. Gwinnett Place will open at midnight Thanksgiving (Nov. 22) and remain open continuously until 10 p.m. on Black Friday (Nov. 23). Sugarloaf Mills in Lawrenceville will open its doors to shoppers on Thanksgiving night at 11:30 p.m. so customers can get in place for when stores open at midnight. The mall, formerly called Discover Mills, will stay open for shopping until Friday at 10 p.m. Then re-open Saturday, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. On Sunday, the mall's hours are 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Mall of Georgia in Buford will open at midnight Thursday and stay open until 10 p.m. Friday. Saturday …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Target, Best Buy and Walmart are included in Turkey Day sales.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
If you have a black belt in Black Friday shopping, listen up: area big-box retailers are gearing up to dazzle bargain hunters even earlier this year—starting Thanksgiving Day. Walmart announced that it would open its doors at 8 p.m. on that Thursday, Nov. 22 and offer holiday doorbusters, while supplies last. Also, Walmart has a Suwanee outlet. -- What are your Black Friday shopping plans? Will you get an early start on Thanksgiving? Tell us in the comments below. These include deals on TVs, iPads, an electric scooter for $79 and a steam mop for $39. But its not alone. Target and Best Buy are planning all-out holiday shopping assaults. Target's deals begin an hour later, at 9 p.m. According to an ad leaked online, the best deals will be …
Steve Burns
12:15 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
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