Black Friday shopping

Shoppers spent a total of $45 billion over the Black Friday weekend, with the average shopper increasing spending by 6.4%. A total of 212 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the weekend, compared with 195 million last year, the National Retail Federation said. The average shopper...

Thousands of shoppers flocked to Bloomington, Minnesota to hunt for deals at the nation's largest mall, the Mall of America, this Black Friday. Abby Wise spoke with some of the determined deal finders to see how they fared this hectic morning.

Anyone who plans to get caught up in the Black Friday shopping madness this year can expect to be asked (perhaps more than once) whether they'd like to open a store credit card. Typically, store credit cards can be terribly tempting, with promises of discounts of 10% to 15% on the first purchase...

Fans of the iconic toy retailer FAO Schwarz have reason for cheer this holiday season with 10 temporary, or "pop-up" stores opening in time for Black Friday and FAO Schwarz boutiques turning up inside all Toys R Us stores. And unlike last year, when the FAO Schwarz stores withing the stores closed...

Don't break out the champagne yet, but top retail analysts are forecasting a fourth-quarter sales boom, perhaps also signaling an upturn in the economy. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts sales growth of 2.3% for November and December starting on Black Friday, the day after...

Just in time for Black Friday, the prices of LCD TVs are expected to plummet. According to two independent research firms -- DisplaySearch and iSuppli -- prices will start dropping by the end of September by as much as 5%, with declines picking up steam as we head into the holiday shopping season....

Black Friday may be the start of the shopping season, but for some people, it's a painful reminder of what they don't have. For those people, it's almost become an anti-holiday. "On Friday, I'm planning on tackling a number of things off my honey-do list," says Robert Zonis, a product development...

Sears and Kmart are going on the third week of early Black Friday promotions, with door-buster deals all weekend leading up to the actual Black Friday.

Sears and Kmart are taking holiday promotions to a whole new level, starting Black Friday Now with door buster quality deals each weekend through Christmas. And, they are leaking each week's deals to Walletpop. This Saturday, Nov. 14 from 7 a.m. to noon, Sears Black Friday Now items include:...