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NEW YORK Christmas News, Dec 01, 2011



Holiday deals turn TVs into hot buys
USA Today
By MAE ANDERSON, AP NEW YORK – In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping many Christmas shopping lists this year. By Jeff Chiu, AP this Nov. 25, 2011 photo, Target customer Nancy, last name not given, guides her shopping carts with televisions bought at...
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USA Today
Justin Bieber creates a Christmas frenzy (VIDEO)
Examiner.com
According to host Al Roker, over half a million people from around the globe were there for one of New York's biggest Christmas traditions. Thousands of screaming fans Bieber fans crowded the stage and Bieber and Usher looked out on them with huge ...
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New York state investigating Apple's low-cost Grand Central lease
Apple Insider
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told the New York Post that he has launched an investigation into the agreement struck between Apple and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The store, set to open next Friday, Dec. ...
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Retailers Showing Solid November Same-Store Sales Numbers
Wall Street Journal
By Karen Talley Of Dow Jones Newswires NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The initial reports from retailers on November sales appear solid, suggesting the group is off to a strong start to the holiday season. The month is a key one for retailers, which see their ...
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Consumer confidence surges as shopping season heats up
Daily Breeze
The report was encouraging news for the holiday shopping season. (The Associated Press) NEW YORK - Americans are beginning to feel more confident about the US economy just as the all-important Christmas shopping season begins. But their optimism may be ...
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Police: NY trio kept list of stores where they stole toys, checked some twice ...
Washington Post
The Little Falls, NY trio allegedly spent a week or more shoplifting from Walmart, Kmart and Toys R Us stores in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, keeping track of their progress on a nine-page list of stores and addresses. When police opened the van, ...
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24, 23, 22...the north is turning into one big Advent calendar
The Guardian (blog)
Indeed, it is Advent – and here are three new northern takes on the ancient last lap before Christmas. First, the model industrial village of Saltaire near Bradford is putting on its excellent tradition of turning the whole place into a 'living advent ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Christmas trees a hot item from the beginning
Mesquite Local News
He rigged a special Christmas tree in New York City with 80 small electric light bulbs. His invention went into mass production around 1890, and by the turn of the century, department stores were using them in their Christmas displays. ...
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Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2011: Time Your Purchase Right
MainStreet
By Matt Brownell NEW YORK (MainStreet) – If you do all of your Christmas shopping in the stores, your deadline for gift-buying is simple: Just get to the mall before it closes on Christmas Eve. But if you're buying online and don't want to pay a huge ...
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Toys"R"Us® Presents Customers With Opportunity to Save Like it's Black Friday...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, it exclusively operates the legendary FAO Schwarz brand and sells extraordinary toys in the brand's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. With its strong portfolio of e-commerce sites including Toysrus.com, Babiesrus.com, ...
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Shop 'til you drop — or someone drops you
San Mateo Daily Journal
Every year has its holiday shopping catastrophe, the most infamous of late being the 2008 death of a New York Walmart employee trampled during a stampede by customers clamoring for a television or video game or goodness only knows what unfulfilled ...
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San Mateo Daily Journal
Spare Times for Dec. 2-8
New York Times
By THOMAS GAFFNEY and NICOLE HIGGINS A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, selected by Times critics. Brooklyn Historical Society: 'Sortilège d'Amour! The French Cantata' (Saturday) This BaroQue Across the River ...
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November Same-Store Sales Disappoint As Black Friday Can't Save Christmas
Seeking Alpha
Richard Yamarone, a senior economist at Bloomberg LP in New York, commenting on this morning's consumer confidence reading, which continues to sit at levels typically reached during past recessions, said "In this environment, the only spending that ...
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Living Well: Adam Mahr
Washington Post
Adam Mahr, owner of the Georgetown shop A Mano, fell in love with everything French on his junior year abroad at the Sorbonne. After college, he worked for Brooks Brothers and Lord & Taylor in New York. When he found himself out of work, he took a trip ...
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25 days of TV holiday favorites, a few new ones
Gaston Gazette
“The Christmas Pageant” (8 pm, Hallmark): A demanding off-Broadway director takes a job directing a small town Christmas play in upstate New York, where she runs into an old boyfriend and his daughter. “White House Christmas” (8 pm, HGTV): A look at ...
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Dreaming of a Wine Christmas?
Birmingham Weekly
The New York Times' “Sampler” club costs $90 per shipment. If you're shopping for a budding oenophile, pick her up a copy of Kevin Zraly's “Windows on the World Complete Wine Course.” For good reason, it's been in print for nearly 30 years. ...
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Birmingham Weekly
Nina In New York: On 'The Holidays'
CBS New York
Hanukkah is not the Hebrew translation for Christmas. It's not a substitute for Christmas. It's not even in the same league asChristmas! I mean come on. We get one sad, puny little shelf of undesirable crap in every store's massive Christmas display, ...
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CBS New York
The Plaza Hotel's Hot Pink Betsey Johnson Christmas Tree
Haute Living
... the Plaza Hotel in New York City has a very special pinkChristmas tree that was created by whimsical designer Betsey Johnson. The Plaza also has a Betsey Johnson-design Eloise suite and a Betsey Johnson pop-up shop but this latest collaboration ...
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Haute Living
For Local Store Owner, the Magic Comes to An End
Patch.com
In the first quarter of 2010, for example, "there was a net loss of 96000 companies with fewer than 100 employees," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported by the New York Times. While that number is down significantly from the 400000 ...
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US Stocks Little Changed In Afternoon Trading; DJIA Down 6
Wall Street Journal
By Brendan Conway Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks were little changed in afternoon trading Thursday, a day after a blowout rally, as headlines from Europe kept traders on the defensive but strength in the technology sector ...
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Keep your sanity this holiday season
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The new fragrance, distributed locally by Prestige Fragrances, is described as "an explosive cocktail of vodka with frozen mint, lime caviar and vibrant spices inspired by the scent and attitude of the most exclusive New York parties. ...
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Black Friday Regrets Stall Kohl's, Gap as Competitors Gain
San Francisco Chronicle
Kohl's, based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, fell 6.4 percent to $50.37 at the close in New York. JC Penney, based in Plano, Texas, increased 0.6 percent to $32.22. Gap advanced 0.6 percent to $18.81. Same-store sales for the more than 20 companies ...
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A Show To Ring In the Holidays
Fairfax Connection
"People will hear new Christmas songs, as well as old favorites," said director and choreographer Raynor van der Merwe. "The story is engaging and uplifting, and the sets and costumes are colorful and joyous." The show opens in New York City outside ...
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Hired help for the Christmas tree
SignOnSanDiego.com
Somewhere along the line somebody asked her to do a Christmas tree. “Sure, why not?” she recalled saying. “Little did I know.” She's not like trendy designers inNew York, Los Angeles or Las Vegas who routinely do show-offy trees in wild colors or ...
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Holiday shopping: Montreal's fairs, boutiques offer chances for less ...
Montreal Gazette
And designer Lino Catalano has a brand new bag. Actually, make that quite a few barely worn bags – Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Isabelle Fiore and quite a few no names – in his new resale shop. Just Worn, a warren of rooms in an old redstone just east of the ...
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Rockefeller Center Tree Lights Up
NBC New York
Debra Keller told NBC New York Wednesday evening before the lighting, "It's just a surreal moment... We come in every year, we shop, we go for lunch, and we always end up at Rockefeller Center and say, 'Wouldn't this make a great tree? ...
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Celebrating Local Talent
Patch.com
Dora --- a former president of home design innovator, Conran's and former vice president of design research for Marimekko, where she also opened their New York flagship store --- brought a knowledgeable eye to her appreciation of talent. ...
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What's hot this season in Christmas party wear?
Edmonton Journal
I bought it in New York. Paulette: I'm wearing a chiffon skirt from Laura. The top is a ruched, fitted blouse from, do I have to say? Giant Tiger. It's my births, deaths and marriages top. And now, parties. I wear it everywhere. ...
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Culture: Fat Bill's Roadside Cafe
Chicago Sun-Times
At the corner of New York Street and Broadway (Route 25), in downtown Aurora. Call (630) 892-1572 or visit auroraregionalfiremuseum.org. Symphony in Lights: More than 250000 computer-controlled lights are choreographed to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra ...
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Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey Debut 'All I Want For Christmas' Video ...
Michael Buble celebrated taking his new album "Christmas" to the top of the charts by kicking off the celebration with a rendition of "I'll Be Home For Christmas," andNew York local Bennett wowed the crowd with his version of "The Christmas ...
Starpulse Entertainment News
TVs are hot sellers this holiday season - seattlepi.com
Wal-Mart says TVs are among the top gifts people are putting on layaway at its 3000-plus U.S. stores during the holiday season. Most chains don't break out TV revenue, but ... NEW YORK (AP) — In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping manyChristmas shopping lists this year. Wal-Mart says TVs are among the top gifts ...That TVs are turning out to be a hot item gives retailers some unexpected goodnews during the holiday shopping season. It's a time when they can make up to 40...
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Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey 'All I Want For Christmas' Video Debut ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Then Bieber becomes some sort of Willy Wonka/Santa hybrid as people rush into the store with their golden tickets, only to be showered with gifts from the teen superstar. Of course, it gets weirder from ... Related News On Huffington Post:VIDEO : Mariah Carey and Justin ... NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Wednesday night, putting a spotlight on a small-town spruce from Pennsylvania... Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Love ...
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Emma Roberts Goes Christmas Shopping in NYC (PHOTOS) - News
Emma Roberts is getting an early start on her holiday shopping! Wearing skinny... Emma Roberts Goes Christmas Shopping in NYC (PHOTOS). Nov 23, 2011 at...
www.celebuzz.com/.../emma-roberts-goes-christmas-shopping...
NYC stores give the gifts of window entertainment - Yahoo! News
News: Long gift list or short, light wallet or big spender, window shopping is ...And the Statue of Liberty shares the stage with a New York Christmas tradition, the Radio ... Hoover story. Agents speak out against 'J. Edgar' · SMALLTHUMBvideo ...
news.yahoo.com/nyc-stores-gifts-window-entertainment-2041...
'Modern Family' Sneak Peek: Christmas Tree Shopping | Video ...
'Modern Family' Sneak Peek: Xmas Tree Shopping. Check out an ... VIDEO: Drama film follows sexual exploits of a 30-something New York City bachelor ...
abcnews.go.com/.../modern-family-sneak-peek-christmas-tree-...
Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey Cozy Up in New Music Video
The annual lighting of the Christmas tree at New York City's “Christmas in ... The two are seen singing in a department store, her in a sexy Santa Claus ...
abcnews.go.com/.../justin-bieber-and-mariah-carey-cozy-up-in...
Saks Store Xmas light show | The Sun |Video|News
Saks Store Xmas light show. 30 November 201111.47 AM 02:22min. NEW Yorkdepartment store's annual projection is visually spectacular. Read full article ...
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/.../Saks-Store-Xmas-light-show.html
Candy Cane Lane, Country Christmas opening - One News Page ...
... this weekend.. News video on One News Page[US] on Saturday, 26 November 2011. ... Last update: New York 21:28. Chicago 20:28 ... To celebrate the opening of their innovative new shop this autumn in Soho's Old Compton Street, and. ...
www.onenewspage.us/.../Candy-Cane-Lane-Country-Christma...
Walmart Uses Facebook to Make Christmas Shopping More ...
VIDEO › Christmas has never looked better, no more ugly sweaters or gadgets you will never use. Walmart has introduced a new shopping application called ...
tv.ibtimes.com/walmart-uses-facebook-to.../2618.html
NYC Department Store Holiday Window Display Guide 2011 « CBS ...
NYC Department Store Holiday Window Display Guide 2011. November 29, 2011 6:00 AM. Share this. No comments. The 2011 Macy's Herald Square ...
newyork.cbslocal.com/.../guide-2011-nyc-department-store-h...
Helping Make a Merry Christmas | WBNG-TV: News, Sports and ...
A chance to go on a shopping spree in a local toy store. ... WBNG E-News - Sign Up For Our Newsletter! ... New Book Displays Flooding Photography ...
www.wbng.com/.../Helping-Make-a-Merry-Christmas-134300...
Rockefeller Center Tree Lights Up | NBC New York
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#! ... The Christmas tree was cut down in Mifflinville, Pa., where the Keller family had been tending to it for years on their property. Debra Keller told NBC New York Wednesday evening before the lighting, "It's just ... We come in every year, we shop, we go for lunch, and we always end up at ...
www.nbcnewyork.com/.../Rockefeller-Christmas-Tree-Lightin...
Phone Shops Offering Free iPods and Kinect to Boost Christmas Sales
^Search our news archive of 27161825 headlines ... Last update: New York 08 18... This video entitled Local shops battle for Black Friday $$ requires a Flash ...
www.onenewspage.com/.../Phone-Shops-Offering-Free-iPods-...
Christmas Shopping: Britons To Rein In On Spending As ... - Sky News
Cash-strapped Britons will rein in their spending this Christmas, a survey has found ... than 9000 people lined up outside the flagship Macy's store in New York....
news.sky.com/home/business/article/16117745
Cartier encourages transactions, sharing through Christmas video
Cartier encourages transactions, sharing through Christmas video. By Rachel ...The brand set up advertisements on The New York Times Web site and when ...
www.luxurydaily.com/cartier-combines-product-personality-i...
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