Holiday shopping News

San Francisco - It looks as if California got its wish for rain as a storm hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night. Rain and wind continued all day Thursday and is expected to let up by the weekend.

Ultra-wide displays is an emerging trend in the tech industry given that more users are expecting to multi-task on their devices.

Based on the long lines, maddening crowds, and general human insanity observed in stores across the U.S. last month on Black Friday, consumers clearly still have a passion for finding deals in this post-Thanksgiving retail ritual.

If you plan on searching YouTube for viral videos of crazed shoppers toppling over one another to get into a store, you may be sightly disappointed this year.

Toronto - It's less than week away until Santa Claus comes down that chimney to deliver gifts for Christmas. Question: how did Santa Claus pay for all those presents? Let's hope it wasn't with a credit, otherwise he'll be in serious trouble.

Fort Worth - Due to the economic situation of many Americans across the United States, a significant portion of adults have become the Grinch and said they prefer to skip Christmas entirely this year because they can't afford it.

It's only been a few hours since the madness known as Black Friday began, but some videos are already making their way onto YouTube. One video shows shoppers going berserk over cellphones, while another shows a consumer cussing out the store.

Black Friday starts the holiday shopping season in earnest. This year, as every year, shoppers have a choice between the big box retailers and the smaller more local stores. Every dollar can make a difference to which stores make it and which don't.

Reports are surfacing many retailers have intended to start their "Black Friday" sales earlier this year. While some stores have not made any formal announcements yet, ad leaks are showing the start times retailers are offering for Black Friday.

Toronto - With four consecutive monthly retail sales increases, a new report from Statistics Canada found that retailers suffered a weak final month of the year. The statistical analysis suggested that retail sales were down 0.2 percent to $38.6 billion.

As the days slowly (or quickly) count down to the end of the year, the results from the United States holiday shopping season are trickling in.

As a part of the busiest time of the year for retailers, shipping companies are also active. According to estimates, Memphis-based FedEx is anticipating to ship over 17 million packages today.

Recently launched website Chrift helps by finding those perfect gifts when someone might have everything or is just hard to shop. It does so with a helping hand from Facebook.

As holiday shopping continues in full swing, scammers have kicked it up a notch and are phishing for information from Amazon.com customers.

Canadian shoppers are readily embracing the shopping traditions of their cross-border counterparts, according to new data released by Canada's leading debit and credit processor.

Years ago as the holiday shopping season approached, consumers flocked to their favorite retailers to put their gift choices on layaway before item were sold out.

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In comparisons of November to November sales figures across top department store retailers, the 2009 holiday season is shaping up poorly.

On Thursday, Amazon.com said it will be launching same-day delivery service in seven U.S. cities this upcoming holiday season.

Gadgets, software and digital gear are among the most popular gifts for the holiday season. But the holidays bring out the worst in many retailers and if you're not up on what means what, you are ripe to be scammed. Here are the top scams to avoid.

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