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Early bird shoppers rush for the shopping carts at Kohls in Plano, Texas, to take advantage of Black Friday Nov. 2010. (Source Tribune News Service)

Black (and blue) Friday from the eyes of a retail worker

Sarah Earnshaw November 30, 2016

Shopping on Black Friday is like gazing at the Christmas lights on a house. You can appreciate the experience, but you can’t always see the work that goes into it. On Nov. 26 a customer told me...

The attitude of gratitude

November 25, 2014

Tomorrow we will celebrate a special day of food and family that comes once a year. On a day that encourages us to literally give thanks, it's hard not to appreciate all the amazing gifts this world...

Be grateful for the holidays, not the sales

November 25, 2014

Thanksgiving was once focused on loved ones gathering around the table to feast, give thanks and catchup with relatives. Now it seems it has turned into a time when people cut their dinner short and...

Students share their concerns about Black Friday

November 11, 2014

As the scent of pumpkin lattes fills the campus air, it's clear the autumn season is in full effect. That sweet smell seems to transition into peppermint mocha quicker each year. While Starbucks breaks...

Sci-fi Heroine: 2013 holiday season offers new tech gifts

November 1, 2013

The passing of the Black Friday ads on Thanksgiving is almost as sacred as pumpkin pie in my family. It is a time-honored tradition in our home. My sister Alyssa and I scheme on which stores are the most...

In remembrance of Thanksgiving

November 20, 2012

Poor Thanksgiving. We hardly knew ye. I remember the first year that my mother and grandmother prepared for Black Friday on Thanksgiving evening. Keep in mind that this is back in the day when The Junction...

Simonson Says: Let Thanksgiving be

November 18, 2012

We've all heard the complaint that Thanksgiving is the invisible major holiday. Marketing for Christmas begins the day after Halloween, or even earlier in some stores, and some radio stations are already...

Black Friday Preparation

November 22, 2011

On Friday, the infamous shopping day, “Black Friday,” will arrive.  The day is thought to be a kick-off for the Christmas shopping season.  Shortly after Thanksgiving festivities wind down on Thursday,...

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