Friday, November 23, 2012
Extra staff, extra security and even some refreshments are all part of getting ready for a busy shopping day.
With retailers vying for your holiday dollars, stores and malls are pulling out all the stops to lure you into their establishments for Black Friday. So what can you expect from local businesses and malls, if you decide to brave the crowds on one of the busiest shopping days of the year? The Mall at Prince George’s marketing director Victoria Clark, who has overseen six previous Black Friday sales at the mall, expects that this year will be different from previous years because stores are opening earlier than ever. “With the early opening of Target (on Thanksgiving night), I expect we’ll be busy at midnight, but we’re ready.” Clark mentioned that for the rest of the mall’s stores, full security and customer service teams will be on hand at…
Thursday, November 22, 2012
All the information you need on where to find the best Black Friday deals at Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Kmart, Kohl's, Sears and hhgregg this year.
Looking for the best Black Friday sales? The stores in Bowie Town Center don't open their doors until midnight on Black Friday, but some of the big box store are open Thanksgiving eve. Here's when they begin their Black Friday sales previews. Best Buy opens Friday at 12 a.m. Details: The store will hand out tickets for their doorbusters starting at 10 p.m. Click here for sales Walmart opens on Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. Details: The store as a one-hour in-stock guarantee on the Apple iPad 2 16 GB, Emerson 32" LCD 720p TV and LG Blu-ray player. Click here to see your local store's sales Target opens on Thanksgiving at 9 p.m. Details: Get a sneak peek of their sale items and find out their doorbusters by signing up for their alerts. Click …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Employees of the retail giant hope to take advantage of one of the year's busiest shopping days.
Employees of D.C.-area Walmart and Sam's Club locations, including the Bowie store, are joining a national strike effort this Black Friday to protest what they view as low wages, poor scheduling practices, and worker intimidation on the part of the retail giant. The campaign, organized by Making Change at Walmart and linked with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, is planning demonstrations outside dozens of stores nationwide on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. In the D.C. area, Nov. 23 protests are scheduled for Walmart and Sam's Club locations in Laurel, Hyattsville, Bowie, Gaithersburg, Woodlawn, Severn, Clinton, Abingdon, Alexandria, and Fairfax. (Both chains are owned by parent company Walmart …
Deborah Coleman
10:58 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I went to Walmart in Landover Hills on Thursday night to pick up three bikes on sale for my grandchildren. There was a small line when I got there, gradually got larger, but I was in and out in under 30 minutes. I wasn't looking for any electronics; one kitchen item I wanted was out of stock; the jewelry department had too many people to get what I wanted, so I said forget it, it wasn't that … more ›