| A sampling of after-Christmas sales in the Dallas area
The presents have been opened. New Year's parties are around the corner. Yep, it is prime time to head back out to the stores and shop some more! Nordstrom Men's Half- Yearly sale continues until Jan. 6 at all its store locations. Save 33 percent or more off shoes, apparel and accessories from Hugo Boss, Burberry and Cole Haan. Too bogged down to head out to the mall? You can shop the sale online at nordstrom.com. Barneys New York at NorthPark Center has slashed prices again. Save up to 60 percent off select men's and women's ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories. At Forty Five Ten, 4510 McKinney Ave., the after-Christmas sale includes all designer women's clothing and shoes at 60 percent off.
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Visit at http://www.vsfsanjose.com American Diabetes Association Diabetes Expo Author, Bo Caldwell joins us to discuss her current projects including her work with her book, "The Distant Land of My Father," as the featured work of the Silicon Valley Reads program. "The Distant Land of My Father" by Bo Caldwell will be the subject of numerous programs throughout Santa Clara County in February 2008, when readers throughout Silicon Valley are asked to read the same book, at the same time, and discuss it. This will be the sixth year of Silicon Valley Reads, which is co-sponsored by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, Santa Clara County Library, and San Jose Public Library Foundation.
In Trinity, a slice of hamburger heaven
Craving a heaping helping of something fresh, hot, a bit greasy? These guys thought so. By MICHAEL KRUSE, Times Staff Writer Published January 27, 2008 TRINITY -- In the rear corner of the Trinity Village Center is a Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries, and on the wall inside is a bulletin board, and on the bulletin board are a bunch of note cards. What's written on those note cards is where this story starts. "Is it wrong," one customer wonders, "that I love Five Guys more than my girlfriend?" Another: "Five Guys reminds me of a magical castle in the sky filled with fries." And another: "You get it. And I don't even know what 'it' is." The Five Guys here on State Road 54 has been open since late October and is the first of a handful set to open in Pasco and Hernando counties in the coming months and years.
Kaboodle Partners With Select Retailers to Grant over $25,000 in ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaboodle, the largest and fastest-growing online social shopping community where people discover, recommend and share products, recently announced its Wish-a-Day Giveaway, offering anyone who creates a wish list on Kaboodle the opportunity to win the items on their holiday wish list. The Wish-a-Day Giveaway, coupled with enhanced wish-list functionality, entices everyone to start their holiday wish list. Kaboodle is hosting the Wish-a-Day Giveaway and will be giving away over $25,000 in prizes from Kaboodle and designated partners between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Anyone can enter by adding any item from any online store they desire to their Kaboodle wish list. Entrants are eligible for additional prizes by adding items from partners to their wish lists.
Gift card business fueling post-Christmas sales
Jennifer Strain was perusing the stores at Market Street Shops of Dalton on Friday, despite a steady downpour of rain, looking for post-Christmas deals. Strain said she had already spent most of the money she set aside for gifts."I'm not really looking for anything in particular," said Strain, who was in town from Kentucky visiting family over the holidays. "I might pick up a few things here and there if it catches my eye."Another out-of-towner at the outlet center, Chad Holloway, said he was looking for deals on clothes and electronics but was a bit hesitant to splurge on gifts for himself."There's just a lot of things on everybody's mind," Holloway said. "Seems like so many things we buy everyday — gas, milk, food — is getting more and more expensive. So I think people have less money to spend."Experts predicted retailers would struggle this shopping season because of concerns over the war in Iraq, the seemingly ever-increasing gas prices, a slowing housing market and a nationwide credit crunch.
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