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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Republican Party, Mike Enzi, Christopher A. Coons, U.S. Congress
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Where's the love? Valentine's Day sales flat this year
Did you remember to get something for your Valentine? Or did you have to spend the night in the doghouse? Tricia Wainscott, manager of Kilwin's at Eddy Street Commons, saw plenty of last minute shoppers Thursday. But despite this being the store's third...
Tags: Holidays
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Shoppers hit the stores for last minute holiday shopping
WSBT-TVThe countdown to Christmas is on, and nowhere is that more evident than in the retail world. There are now just 2 more shopping days until Christmas. Saturday was dubbed "Super Saturday." It was expected to be the busiest retail day of 2012, even...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday, Holidays, Hobbies
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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Thanksgiving, Fiscal Cliff, Hobbies, Home and Garden Products, Electronics
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Holiday sales to rise 4.1 percent
Associated PressNEW YORK – Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the...Tags: Holidays, Hobbies, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Stock Market, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Back-to-school shopping costs add up
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY -- If you have school-age children, you've probably started your back-to-school shopping. That means school supplies and new clothes -- which can add up. Parents can spend hundreds just getting their child ready for the classroom. ...
Tags: Back to School, Target, Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Local stores see boost in sales
SOUTH BEND -- The National Retail Federation says it expects holiday sales for the November-December period to rise 3.8 percent. The trade group had projected a rise for that same time frame but originally not as much, just 2.8 percent.
So how are...Tags: Holidays
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