Not to change the topic here:
Shopping malls struggle with Santa and safety
Telling Santa what you want for Christmas could be a lot more challenging this year. Social distancing has ruled out a seat in Santa's lap, and a plexiglass screen might keep kids even farther apart.
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Shopping malls have been wrestling with this challenge for months, and now, with time running out and the coronavirus as big a problem as ever, decisions have to be made.
Clifton Park Center this year will offer a Christmas selfie station, a North Pole setting in the food court with evergreens of varying heights decorated with white lights and backlit snow. Parents will be able to pose their children in the setting and take their own photos with which to remember the holiday.
Sumter sheriff seeks bandits who ripped off specialized shopping cart from Villages Publix -
Sumter County sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help in nabbing shopping cart thieves.
On Sept. 9 at about 1:20 p.m., the couple pictured above entered the Publix grocery store on Bella Cruz Drive at Spanish Plaines Plaza in The Villages and used the coin machine. After completing their transaction, the man left the property with the specialized shopping cart shown above. The cart is used for disabled adults and is valued at $798, a sheriff's office report states.
Starting with Amazon's October Prime Day, retailers move to make holiday shopping earlier in 2020
Amazon is kicking off the holiday season early this year with Prime Day falling on Oct. 13 and 14. While the e-commerce giant aims to lead the charge in holiday shopping with their two-day sale, they're not alone.
Plenty of other retailers are also hosting mega shopping events in October in anticipation of a unique holiday season this year. Macy's, HP and Kohl's are just a few of the stores offering big discounts this month.
To adapt your holiday shopping to an unusual year and get the most out of Prime Day and other retailers' October sales, you'll need to shop smart and shop early.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Better Business Bureau suggests virtual credit cards for online shopping
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) -Better Business Bureau suggests virtual credit cards for online shopping.
According to the Better Business Bureau, e-commerce sales are predicted to have an 18% increase over last year.
In order to protect your personal information, the Better Business Bureau is suggesting the use of virtual credit cards, which allows consumers to create temporary card numbers, expiration dates, and security codes for online and over-the-phone purchases.
Hutch’s Walmart remodel to offer new shopping methods - News - The Hutchinson News -
Wichita and Hutchinson residents will get a first look at the newly remodeled Walmart Supercenters at 5475 N. Meridian Avenue and 1905 E. 17th Avenue respectively, as the much-anticipated projects are now complete. The remodels include several department transformations that will help customers save time. The upgrades will also complement the measures the company has taken in its U.S. stores to help protect associates and customers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Valley News - Bottom Line: Study shows that shopping local helps improve Upper Valley economy
The Upper Valley (VT/NH) Facebook page recently lit up with rapturous speculation over what people hoped to see occupy the vacant retail spaces of the closed Kmart and soon-to-be-closed J.C. Penney stores in West Lebanon.
The list read like the Chain Store & Franchise Hall of Fame: Target, Costco, Trader Joe's, Aldi, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Cracker Barrel.
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We may love the cheap hamburgers, fast-fashion clothes and five-cycle dishwashing machines brought to us by giant retailers. But the price we pay for that choice short-changes the money that flows back into the Upper Valley community, a new study from Vital Communities distressingly argues.
Christmas 2020: Americans start shopping amid COVID-19 pandemic - Deseret News
Americans have already embraced holiday shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic — mainly because they're bored at home.
Affirm released the results of a new survey that asked 2,000 Americans about their shopping habits for the holiday season.
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"As shoppers begin to purchase the things that they want, or need, to make their holiday special, we must arm them with payment solutions that enable them to spend and budget responsibly." — Silvija Martincevic , chief commercial officer at Affirm
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