Sales at U.S. retailers declined for the third straight week as storeowners grappled with winter storms and rising gasoline prices that discouraged shoppers during what may be the worst holiday season in five years. ...more

December 21, 2007

Do you know of a holiday light display that resembles the Griswald's from the "Christmas Vacation" movie? Or maybe your neighbor has a display that's worth telling others about? ...more

December 19, 2007

Almost done with the holiday shopping? There's still time to enter our holiday photo contest. The contest ends at midnight Dec. 31. ...more

December 19, 2007

Let us set aside the cliches about green fashion, ye cynical Kermits, and presume that everyone is on board with saving the world by doing our holiday shopping at Barneys, where even window displays promote eco-friendly clothing. ...more

December 17, 2007

You may hate those jammed parking lots at the mall, but retailers are starting to smile wide. ...more

December 15, 2007

How fast an older person walks may predict long-term survival, report researchers at the University of Pittsburgh who found that faster walkers were substantially more likely to outlive the slowest. ...more

December 14, 2007

Retailers trying to brighten up what looks like a drab period for shopping are rolling out eye-catching packaging, celebrity tie-ins and contests for everything from Hannah Montana tickets to an African safari. ...more

December 13, 2007

You could call it "Margaret and Brenda's excellent adventure," the tale of two middle-aged women who took an unanticipated career turn into retailing just as the pivotal holiday-shopping season unfolds. ...more

December 10, 2007

Chilling surveillance images released Friday show a shaggy haired, bespectacled Robert Hawkins taking aim at holiday shoppers, and his hand-scrawled suicide note offers compassion for his friends and only contempt for his victims. ...more

December 8, 2007

One of the clearest signs that retailers are nervous this holiday season is likely to be found at Wal-Mart stores this weekend: stacks of Webkinz. ...more

December 7, 2007