If you’re looking for a new car--maybe for a teen driver heading off to college--this weekend may be a good time to buy. It marks the end of the month, which means that dealerships may be more willing to negotiate to meet their monthly quota, plus there are a number of rebates and incentives available to entice car shoppers. The models highlighted in the chart have Bottom Line Prices...
As Mary Williams of Bassfield checked sizes on polo shirts for her son Rhoderick, she clutched a JCPenney sales circular that touted a coupon for $10 off a $25 purchase. Taking a break to examine the shirts she's picked so far, she said the state's sales tax holiday is one she uses to get the best deals. "It's a good buy. They have shirts that are $7.99, and if I spend $25 I can get...
With a new GoldenEye game on the way for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, GameStop has decided to drop the price of the Wii remake all the way to $9.99. While you're at it, you can also pick up another James Bond game, Blood Stone, for the same price. GameStop has some other unusually strong (for them) deals, including the wireless Rock Band 3 keyboard for $59.99 and DJ Hero wireless turntables...
South Carolina's truly strange back-to-school sales tax holiday weekend begins Friday and runs through next Sunday, offering a tax exemption on all sorts of things that have nothing to do with school. As with many tax breaks, the best opportunities to save money have less to do with...
With this year's email click and open rates outperforming 2010's numbers by 23% and 11%, respectively, marketers should prepare for a stronger holiday season than last year, said Chad White, research director at email service provider Responsys. Brands should begin to plan their holiday email campaigns now, given those expectations, he said. “The smart marketers, frankly, have already...
The only major change to the NFL 2011 Preseason schedule after theNFL lockout shenanigans was the cancellation of the 2011 Hall Of FameGame between the Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Rams,but I still thought it would be good to post the preseason schedulehere, since this seems like a...
The Green Bay Packers’ net income more than tripled to $17.1 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, as the National Football League team won a Super Bowl title, club officials said.Mark Murphy, chief executive of the NFL’s only publicly traded franchise, said today in a conference call that investment gains accounted for most of the increase from last year’s $5.2 million, though...
Tarvaris Jackson is in as the Seattle Seahawks next quarterback and Matt Hasselbeck is reportedly looking elsewhere. Aperson with knowledge of the situation told The Associated PressTuesday that Jackson has agreed to terms with the Seahawks and isexpected to sign a contract Friday. The person spoke on the conditionof anonymity because free agents aren't allowed to sign contracts untilFriday....
The newest fund run by the downtown-based Apple REIT Companies has barely skipped a beat since the company was recently dragged into the national spotlight. In fact, Apple REIT Ten continued a two-month buying streak of multi-million hotel purchases last week when it disclosed that it closed on the purchase of two more hotels for a total price of $28 million. The deals involved...
Apple’s B2B App Store went live last week and it is the latest signal that the company is taking the enterprise seriously. The larger questions revolve around whether Apple had to launch the B2B App Store to get ahead of more traditionally enterprise-friendly rivals on deck or simply...
Cyber Monday Online Deals are setting a new record! Retailers are singing a happy tune this holiday as rivals Amazon.com and Walmart.com hit new sales records, according to industry experts. Amazon reported a record number of November sales for its Kindle electronic book reader and Amazon still has awesome deals on Netbooks! The Toshiba Mini NB205-N325PK 10.1-Inch Posh Pink Netbook...
Lonrho (LON:LONR) has revealed a new export contract with major US supermarket retailer Walmart. Through the deal the company’s seafood division, Oceanfresh, will supply 500 Walmart stores with its pure Hake fillets starting from October onwards. “Lonrho is delighted that Oceanfresh has been appointed as a fish supplier to the world's largest retailer Walmart,” said chairman David...
For some time, Walmart's (WMT) website has had a "Clearance" section -- and it had been growing: There are 2,921 items for sale in that section, and the prices are remarkably cheap. But the walmart.com clearance program is testing a new, less customer-friendly wrinkle. Now, some of the clearance products offered online have to be picked up at stores unless the customer wants to pay...
Do not attempt to adjust your calendars. Home Depot’s Spring Black Friday sale is indeed, this season. And it starts today. Riding the same nomenclature wave other retailers have surfed this year and last, Home Depot has taken to calling its biggest sale of the year Black Friday. But no matter. It’s a really big sale. But you must get to The Home Depot today through Sunday to cash...
Black Friday laptops dealsIn this new tech era everyone is always searching for the next supreme of laptops by the big manufacturers such as Dell, Sony, Apple or Toshiba. These are computer giants that have been in the business of creating quality content computers for years. With...
NEW YORK (Money Magazine) -- Electronics are a bargain hunter's heaven (even after the Japanese earthquakes, tech firms absorbed higher costs without raising prices). You can always count on manufacturers to improve their products every nine to 12 months -- and prices to decline as each model nears the end of its life cycle. To make room for all this new stuff, retailers rid their shelves...
Our dealnews editors published more than 6,000 deals last July, which we've analyzed so that we can offer our readers a bit of advice while planning purchases this month.Many consumers might be itching to get started on their shopping for back-to-school season, or even for the winter holidays, but the sometimes trumped-up sales in July might tempt them into jumping the gun. Here's what...