Keep an eye on retail ETFs today, as reports from the latest holiday shopping weekend roll in.
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Outdoor goods retailer Giantnerd discovered that during the shopping weekend Facebook traffic produced an average order value 300% higher than its site average.
And unusually, business is as brisk as a holiday shopping weekend.
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She had spent a snowy weekend shopping, socialising and chatting with her sister Sharon Brown in nearby Livingston.
New car-owning middle-class residents go for weekend shopping at the outlets, which sells brands like Zegna, Hugo Boss and Burberry.
More consumers, 17% compared with 12% last year, say that intend to start their holiday shopping on Thanksgiving weekend this year, according to NPD Group.
Based on EPA testing, Volt owners can expect an average battery range of 35 miles, which is sufficient for modest daily commutes and weekend shopping excursions.
Reports from weekend shopping patterns and our data suggest we might see something similar this year because people may be more inclined to make purchases for themselves, rather than gifts.
Her mother rarely took her on weekend shopping sprees.
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With the first weekend of holiday shopping behind us, retail sales are encouraging and an improvement over a year ago.
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Then, what was perhaps more important was the fact that the numbers from the opening weekend of the holiday shopping season were surprisingly good.
And, for the past three years, small business owners have their kickoff to the holiday shopping season during that same busy weekend with Small Business Saturday.
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The judge may have noticed tabloid photos published Tuesday purporting to show Lohan shopping in New York over the weekend -- with no apparent signs of illness.
So named for customers that choose to skip the store rush during Thanksgiving weekend in favor of shopping Monday online, Cyber Monday is generally targeted for web specials by chains looking to draw traffic and sales to their sites.
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It is important to land in Chiang Mai before the weekend starts to get the best shopping experience Thailand has to offer.
The street buzzes on Friday mornings, the start of the Israeli weekend, with people brunching, shopping and scoping out the arts-and-crafts fair in the courtyard of the alternative Adam Waldorf School.
Over the weekend I spent a few hours in shopping centers as part of moving into Washington.
My family spent the weekend before Christmas in downtown Chicago, shopping eating and enjoying the perks of a big city adorned filled with festivity.
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Take a break from your aquatic adventures and stroll to the island's capital city of Kralendijk for an afternoon of shopping and exploring - perfect for a girls' weekend away.
Family visits at the weekend were as much cultural excursions as shopping expeditions: there were art galleries, restaurants serving foreign food and shelves stocked with exotic products from around the globe.
All part of the same ball of wax that is Thanksgiving weekend, the important kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
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The holiday shopping season got off to a good official start this past weekend.
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Sony cut a deal with HSN and the shopping network devoted three full days of programming during the first weekend of August to Eat Pray Love-themed merchandise, some of which remains available on HSN.com.
Just because the weekend is over doesn't mean that your online shopping momentum has to come to a screeching halt.
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But this weekend, it looks like Hollywood is expecting everyone will be shopping, not watching movies.
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Despite those deals, weekend mall traffic was sparse and the percentage of people carrying shopping bags was very low.
We have to keep in mind that next weekend is New Years and that will also distract consumers from shopping.
But he figures that sale-driven bonanza will be followed by a shopping lull that will last until December 17, the final Saturday before Christmas weekend (Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, making it likely that the final big Saturday push will come the previous week).
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