Topic: United States

German retailers see sales upturn extending into 2011

BERLIN (Reuters) - German retailers expect the strong growth in sales during the Christmas shopping season to be extended into 2011 because underlying conditions are good, a leader of the HDE retail industry association said on Thursday.HDE managing director Stefan Genth said ...

Retailers hope big Saturday will clinch season

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nora Fresse is just the type of shopper retailers hope will help them seal the best holiday shopping season in three years this weekend."I haven't done any, actually," Fresse said this week at a Kohl's Corp department store in ...

Sony sells 4.1 million Move systems

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Tuesday that it had sold 4.1 million of its Move motion-sensing game controllers worldwide in the two months since launch, putting it ahead of rival Microsoft Corp's Kinect system as the holiday shopping season takes ...

Exuberant crowds crowd Black Friday

Holiday shoppers stormed malls across the United States in what has become an annual ritual on Black Friday to snag the biggest bargains as early as possible. Walmart, which was open Thanksgiving Day, opened to shoppers at midnight, providing food and entertainment ...

Black Friday shoppers speak about their deals

(Reuters) - Shoppers turned out in force for "Black Friday" deals on everything from cashmere sweaters to laptop computers in the annual retail pilgrimage that kicks off the holiday shopping season.Dedicated bargain hunters lined up outside stores from Wal-Mart to Target and ...
US malls market Black Friday's predawn buying frenzy to foreignersForeigners don't want to just come to the U.S. to leisurely shop during the holiday shopping season. The new attraction? They want to partake in Black Friday pre-dawn buying madness — waking up ...
be taking things a liiiiittle too far this holiday season. Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! Pretty crazy, huh? Do any of you wake up at the crack of ...
This Thursday, November 25 is U.S. Thanksgiving, which means the following Friday is " Black Friday means huge sales at every type of store, from outlets to malls to discount stores to electronics and furniture. Black Friday sales happen this Friday - ...
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.. The package that Ireland will request ...
On Monday, as threatened in my previous post, I bought enough shares (I already had some) to get my ETF portfolio to 500 shares of EWH at 19.63, 370 shares of EPI at 26.76, and 130 shares of TUR at 74.87. I ...