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Topic: holiday shopping
November 6, 2009 |
The owners of the shops and restaurants in Historic Downtown Clarksville invite you to enjoy a day of leisurely shopping and dining during our Third Annual Holiday Open House event. On Saturday, November 7th the shops will open their doors and share gift, decorating and fashion ideas for the holidays. Some of the participating businesses are:
- ARTifacts, An Art & Antique Emporium
- Hodgepodge, where you gather your home
- Rogate’s Boutique
- Ingredients, for the gourmet in you
All of these businesses are locally owned and offer shoppers the most unique inventories and fare available. «Read the rest of this article»
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November 25, 2008 |
Layoffs. Lost jobs. Shrinking 401ks and investment portfolios. The mortgage implosion. A summer of skyrocketing gas prices and concerns over utility costs as cold winter weather settles over most of the nation. Escalating food prices. A general and broad-based unease about the economy.
All of the above are contributing to a cautionary view of Black Friday, that riotous frenzied day-after-Thanksgiving start of the Christmas shopping season. Stores across the country began offering severe discounts in late October and through most of November; they will now offer even larger price cuts in hopes of salvaging what is shaping up as a bleak Christmas in retail.
Though the usual lines of early bird buyers are expected to camp outside stores where deep discounts and special items will be offered, these shoppers will be choosier and less willing grab, charge it and run. Caution and conservatism are the “buy” words for holiday 2008. «Read the rest of this article»
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