Locals, from swaddled to sandaled, make a day of shopping for trinkets and edibles, lunching at outdoor tables or strolling for the amusement of being surrounded by neighbours and strangers.
Joining the service gives consumers access to daily deals like Groupon does, but instead of 40 percent off a one-time deal like parasailing lessons, Aisle50 users get the kinds of deals they would use every day in a strategy aimed at encouraging repeated shopping trips from a new group of customers.
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The flight - Invicta Airlines Flight 435 - was full of mothers from Somerset on a day out shopping.
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For example, at Sun Valley ski area in Idaho, there's an official lift ticket exchange program that lets you trade in a "downhill" day for a long list of options including a massage, ice skating and lunch or a shopping credit.
People may choose to take their children shopping or out for the day and a lot of schools have sports on a Sunday morning or music practices which parents want their children to be involved in.
Mobile apps have become the proverbial Swiss Army Knife of shopping, helping consumers shop a dozen times a day rather than 2-3 times per week.
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As the biggest online shopping day of the year, Cyber Monday can offer a golden opportunity for some great online deals.
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Markets opened down Monday morning, signaling the anticipation for a bailout package for Ireland and a holiday week in the U.S. that will see the first major holiday shopping day of the year with Black Friday.
Wal-Mart will use a staggered sale approach this year, which offers discounts in certain departments at different times of day to encourage continued shopping throughout the day.
The court also heard evidence from a friend of Margaret Graham who called for her on the day Millie died so the pair of them could go shopping.
Yet according to the creators of a new shopping tool called Shopobot, such price swings happen every week, sometimes every day, as retailers adopt more sophisticated techniques to test out different price points.
U.S. retailers are preparing for a weekend of carefully planned promotions and unique merchandise to bring consumers into stores on Black Friday, the shopping day after Thanksgiving, when stores will implement their most ambitious discounting and marketing plans of the year.
In Leeds, Dean Stratton, manager of the White Rose Shopping Centre, told the BBC they were experiencing a very busy Christmas and Boxing Day.
The three companies sold a large number of Windows 8 PCs last week as consumers endured massive crowds and long lines on the biggest shopping day of the year.
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