For a lot of people Helen Walsh's age, a mall is someplace to walk laps. At Gulf View Square, Walsh isn't walking the mall, she's working it. Walsh, 70, has operated Tee Shirt Magic, at the southern end of the Port Richey-area mall, since May. ...more

December 5, 2009

New weekend shopping figures on Wednesday offered more evidence confirming stores' modest start to the holiday shopping season. Online sales were stronger. ...more

December 3, 2009

Holiday shopping held steady through the weekend after retailers saw a huge crowd of bargain shoppers buying discounted flat-panel TVs and fleece jackets on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving Day shopping spree. ...more

December 1, 2009

"Congratulations, I'm pleased to inform you that you've won $10,000," reads a letter that crime prevention specialist Nell Hays says is a common scam. ...more

November 29, 2009

Shoppers who endured long lines and sometimes-frigid temperatures spent only slightly more during their Black Friday shopping sprees than they did last year, according to data released today by a research firm. ...more

November 28, 2009

Black Friday kicked off holiday shopping with a bang across the Bay area as retailers bent over backward to help shoppers navigate deals (even while they stood in line) and small stores emulated the big boys by opening even earlier. ...more

November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 has come and gone and so has Black Friday. Now the question is whether the nation's retailers will be blue this holiday season. ...more

November 28, 2009

Santa has arrived, the Christmas decorations are in place and the merchants at Lakeshore Mall in Sebring are hopeful for a good holiday shopping season. ...more

November 22, 2009

Residents of Sun City Center don't need to travel far to do holiday shopping. Several craft and sewing clubs kicked off the holiday shopping season with fall and holiday shows and sales. ...more

November 11, 2009

Verizon is hoping to get a jump on the upcoming holiday shopping season with today's launch of the new Droid smart phone. ...more

November 6, 2009