Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wherever you're headed, Patch has the information you need to plan a holiday shopping stop at one of the area's malls.
No matter which mall you want to hit—or maybe you're planning to stop at them all—Patch has information on their extended holiday hours. And this year's shopping season is as long as it can be, with the most days possible between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Bayshore Town Center, 5800 N. Bayshore Drive, Glendale. With a combination of indoor and outdoor shopping, this revamped shopping mall provides something a little different from the traditional shopping mall experience. Brookfield Square, 95 N. Moorland Road, Brookfield. This mall features anchor stores Boston Store, Sears and JCPenney, plus more than 110 stores. There are nine restaurants in the food court, and seven sit-down restaurants, like Bravo! Cucina Italiana, Cooper's Hawk …
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sara from SarandipitySaves.com shares her Black Friday shopping tips and tricks, and a few of the top store's best deals.
There's some argument as to why we refer to the Friday following Thanksgiving as "Black Friday." Philadelphia claims their police force coined the term in the 1960s after throngs of folks took to the streets to shop 'till they dropped. Others say the name was adopted by retailers as it was traditionally the first day of the year in which their sales brought them out of the red and into the black. I'm leaning toward the latter explanation as last year more than 138 million consumers took advantage of the deep discounts of Black Friday, spending $45 billion in a single day. This year is expected to be an even bigger event. If you're gearing up to head out and throw elbows to snag the day's biggest steals, here's some tips on how to make it a…
Politicos trying to force Wisconsin's governor into a recall election are planning to be out among the frenzy of shoppers.
As if Black Friday needed more craziness. The annual shopping frenzy will have a dash of the political this year as supporters of an effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker plan to circulate petitions among the deal-hungry masses. Wisconsin Democrats are planning to collect signatures in the Milwaukee area at several stores, including: Recall supporters won't have any luck at Southridge Mall, said Mary Mokwa, manager of the mall. Collecting signatures is a form of soliciting, Mokwa said, and the mall allows no soliciting inside of the building or in its parking lot. The closest recall supporters could get to the shopping center are the public sidewalks surrounding the Southridge property, she said. "If we would observe them and we would …
Danielle White
12:05 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
oh, thanks so much Viviana! more ›