Here's a roundup of shopping hours for big box retailers, local shopping centers and malls and regional destinations. These will be updated throughout November and December to reflect special holiday hours.
Though the fourth quarter isn't necessarily the "make or break" time of year for Big George's Appliance Mart in Ann Arbor, pressure from national retailers that are extending hours the day after Thanksgiving means that Big George’s will also offer extended hours on Nov. 27. Normally open 10 a.m. to ...
Ann Arbor retailers know the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year. One key component of planning for Black Friday, according to the National Retail Federation is planning for crowd control.
Borders Group Inc., the struggling Ann Arbor-based book store chain, is cutting 61 percent of its mall-based Waldenbooks stores and laying off 1,500 workers, company officials announced today.Borders said it expects to close 200 of it 330 Waldenbooks stores, including the Borders Express location in Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall. However, ...
What item are you most hoping to see in the Black Friday Doorbuster sales this year? What tops your wishlist? I posed this question to some diehard shoppers, and here are some responses.
Sports enthusiasts look forward to the Olympics. Art lovers have the Ann Arbor Art Fair. For bargain shoppers the event to plan for is called Black Friday. It may seem a bit early to be starting your holiday shopping; after all most of us do not even have our Halloween ...
The world's largest retailer is ready to engage Michigan's largest retailer in combat over the lowest holiday prices. And Meijer appears to be aggressively fighting Walmart back, even as other stores - like Target - take aim to score the consumer's dollar, too. "(The) bargain-hunting attitude among millions of consumers ...
November is upon us and that means that the holiday shopping season is right around the corner. I spent 24 Christmas holidays during my retail career and can tell you it is not an easy time for customer or clerk. I have heard many stories and complaints from customers through ...
AnnArbor.com is gearing up to tell the local “stories of the season” as holiday shopping takes over Washtenaw County’s retail landscape. Our news coverage, called “Holiday09,” launches in print and online on Sunday, Nov. 1. We’ll be mobilizing a team of business reporters and retail bloggers to report all aspects ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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