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CULTURE, FASHION / December 5 2011 10:00 AM

25 Days of Gift Guides : 5 Gifts Under $50

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Maybe you got a bigger year-end bonus than expected this year. Or maybe you didn’t blow your entire wad on the Brown Thursday-Black Friday-Cyber Monday never-ending-retail-weekend of Hell. Or perhaps that Christmas fund you started at the beginning of the year has accrued some serious interest. Either way, you’ve got a little more than $25 to spend on gifts this year and you want to show that special someone in your life how much you mean to them with the help of our nation’s 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant. 25 Days of Gift Guides continues down Santa Claus Lane with five great gift ideas under $50. 

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NEWS / November 28 2011 7:56 AM

Blitzkrieg Shop: Black Friday Breaks Records and the Bank

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Despite a host of deterrent factors — inflation, low consumer confidence, low retailer confidence, a depressed housing market, a lack of job opportunities, everything going on in the world — Americans still turned out in record-breaking droves for Black Friday. Shoppers embraced early store hours, mobile and online shopping, and a plethora of product promotions to a tune of $52.4 billion over the weekend. Sales on Black Friday alone accounted for $11.4 billion — the biggest amount ever spent during that most sacred and dark of days. Click through for some fascinating Friday facts and figures.

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FASHION / November 24 2011 10:14 AM

Cyber Monday Sales and Codes!!!

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Whether you’ve decided to hang back from the elbow-heavy crowds of Black Friday or you’re coming home home battered, bruised and bag-ful, Cyber Monday is waiting for you. Experience shopper’s anxiety and euphoria all at once from the comfort of your couch, and take advantage of these super saving sales from brands and stores we love. As we hear of more sales and checkout codes, we’ll add them here. Happy Thanksgiving, indies. And happier shopping. 

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CULTURE, FASHION / November 21 2011 12:56 PM

Versace x H&M: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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Animals. We became animals over the animal-geo-floral-tropic printed Versace x H&M collection. And this was at the press pre-release! Friday evening, editors, bloggers, and VIPs sauntered up to the H&M on the corner of 51st and 5th Ave expecting to give a name and stroll in for some cordial industry-insider shopping. What we found was a line around the block (next to bundled up kiddies already camped out for the actual Saturday 9AM opening), and a shopping ferocity usually reserved for Black Friday. 

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CULTURE / November 21 2011 8:34 AM

Sweating the Shop: Nervous Retailers Gear up for Black Friday

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Black Friday — that ugliest and most desperate of shopping days, in which consumers buck all self-respect and dignity while elbowing each other about the face and throat to secure the lowest price on a crock pot — is once again upon us. Analysts are predicting this to be the blackest  Black Friday in history, with sales for the first time reaching $20 billion. With dollar signs in their eyes, retailers are planning to be as accommodating as possible to separate you from your hard-earned money before the turkey even gets a chance to settle in your colon. Happy Holidays!

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