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Shoppers looking to start the new year spending holiday gift cards or making returns will have some options on New Year’s Day 2025. A number of large retailers across the country will be open. Target and Walmart will both be open on New Year’s Day. Costco will be closed Wednesday. Walmart hours New Year’s Day 2025 Unlike Thanksgiving or...

If you’re looking to ring in the new year with some shopping at Walmart, you’re in luck. While Walmart closed early on Christmas Eve and was closed for Christmas Day, the popular big-box retailer will be open its regular hours on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. While many retailers will be closed on New Year’s Day or...

As people return home for the holidays, people are also returning to the malls. News 4 New York’s Lynda Baquero reports. 

After this season’s peak shopping days, retailers expect their return rate to be 17% higher, on average, than usual.

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The discount retailer will begin “going out of business” sales, or “GOB” sales, at its 963 remaining stores ahead of the closures.

From creative toys that inspire imagination to useful gear that makes life a little easier, we’ve rounded up the best holiday gift ideas for kids of all ages.

Mall owners and retailers are trying to capitalize as teens and twenty-somethings show about as much interest in shopping in person as baby boomers do.

Weighted blankets are a popular choice to warm up in cold weather, but research on their effectiveness is limited. Such blankets come with extra heft in the form of glass beads, pellets or cotton. They’re also more expensive than regular blankets. Scientists think the added pressure could calm the brain’s fight-or-flight response or signal the brain to produce what’s called...

Looking for the perfect gift that won’t add to the clutter? From adventure-packed activities to personalized moments, these gifts prioritize creating memories over accumulating material things.

Consumers in the United States are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to take advantage of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday — a term coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation — has become…

Ultra low-cost online retailers Temu and Shein are giving Western retailers a run for their money this holiday shopping season.

While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the catalogs arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Many of the millions of catalogs getting sent to U.S. homes were scaled down to save on postage and paper. Some gift purveyors are sending out postcards. In a sign of the times, the American Catalog Mailers Association rebranded...

By measuring purchases by how much you will use them, you can make sure you get the most bang for your buck.

It’s tempting to hibernate after loading up on an indulgent Thanksgiving feast, but you’ve got places to go and deals to scoop up on Black Friday.

Consumers are hardwired to think more of short-term gratification than long-term goals.

Federal agents are warning shoppers about the rise in fake items ahead of the holiday shopping season. It comes after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul detailed a major shoplifting operation in Queens in which the suspects allegedly stole $2 million in items and then resold the pilfered goods. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Law enforcement officials say they have broken up a shoplifting ring that stole nearly $2 million in merchandise from well-known stores and resold the items in New York City as well as in the Dominican Republic. The group stole perfumes, cosmetics, clothes and other beauty items from stores ranging from Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret and American Eagle.

More shoppers are using ‘buy now, pay later’ plans heading into Black Friday and the holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effect of inflation and already have record-high credit card debt. Experts say the short-term loans can lead consumers to overextend themselves and warn that those...

Here’s a list of what stores will be open and closed on Nov. 28, 2024.