Archive for October, 2007

Inside Scoop On Black Friday Shopping Deals Web Sites Post Holiday Shopping Ads Early POSTED

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

2007 PITTSBURGH — Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when major retailers around the country discount products to help kick off the Christmas shopping season. The Black Friday ads are usually kept secret until people receive the circulars in the Thanksgiving Day newspaper. But this year, there is no waiting. Thanks to the [...]

Lake Murray Elementary students decorating a high-profile Christmas tree

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

LAKE MURRAY, SC (WIS) - It s hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is only one month away. And with the holidays fast approaching, a third grade class at Lake Murray Elementary school is busy on a very special project. It looks like art class, but the Lake Murray Elementary third-graders are really brushing up [...]

Marine’s Wife Plans To Send Mini Christmas Trees To Soldiers In Iraq POSTED

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

A Marine’s wife in Manatee has big plans for troops celebrating the holidays in Iraq: mini Christmas trees Hala Harper wants to ship them 1,000 artificial trees adorned with candy canes, lights and pictures of loved ones. She got the idea after hearing how her husband’s fellow Marines reacted to the tree she sent [...]

Christmas shopping sites criticised

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Adam Goodvach, director of Global Reviews said: Some customers know what they want to buy for their loved ones but many more are uncertain. Websites offering gift selections provide an advisory service that is valuable to customers and will keep them coming back.

Haslam kicks off Knoxville’s “Christmas in the City”

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam on Thursday kicked off Christmas in the City, the two-month-long holiday celebration in Knoxville that begins in November. Advertisement This year’s celebration features a lineup of more than 60 different holiday events or attractions ranging from dazzling displays of Christmas lights to outdoor ice-skating to the WIVK Christmas Parade, [...]

THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Do you have a great Christmas cookie recipe? We want it for our special Nov. 25 cookie section. Please send it in, along with the story behind it and your photo. We’ll select some of our favorites for the section. All recipes submitted online will be included in a searchable database. (We reserve the [...]

Council staff given afternoon off for Christmas shopping

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Council workers are to be given a fully paid afternoon off to do their Christmas shopping - and taxpayers will foot the bill. Staff at Leicestershire County Council say that by paying their workers while they are out shopping for festive treats it will prevent them from skiving off nearer the big day. [...]

Pernod Ricard gears up for Christmas season

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Simon Thomas, Commercial Director, Pernod Ricard UK comments: We enjoyed our best-ever Christmas selling period in 2006, and are building on that success with activities that will drive even greater value into our premium portfolio. We re focused on providing retailers with the right brands, marketed in the right way, at the right time [...]

SMS Presents Wi-Count Kit to Increase Conversion Rates for Christmas Sales

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The SMS Wi-Count Kit is a solution in a box. It consists of a set of wireless, battery powered detectors that can be installed on a store entrance in minutes. At the end of each day, store personnel record the total day’s traffic (found on the detector’s LCD screen) in the workbook included with [...]

Christmas drive for Iraq troops branches out

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

SPRING HILL - What began last holiday season as Treats for Troops, homemade cookies sent to service people in Iraq, has grown this year into Trees for Troops. And Christmas stockings, too. Says chief organizer Barbara Newlin: Imagine being half a world away, in a battle zone, wishing you could be home with your [...]