SEBRING — Tina Harshman started her Monday morning bright and early by turning on her computer and buying some Christmas gifts online. Cyber Monday, as retailers have tagged the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the busiest day of the year for online shopping. According to a survey for Shop.org, an online arm of the National Retail Federation, 72 million consumers were planning to shop online from home or at work on Cyber Monday, and sales were expected to exceed $700 million. A number of retailers even hosted special sales or offers for the occasion. Harshman found good deals on gifts for her kids at Web sites for Toys "R" Us and Gymboree. ...more

November 27, 2007

As consumers hold tight to their wallets, online retailers will work harder this year for their share of the holiday gift list. ...more

November 26, 2007

By 4:30 a.m. Friday, the line of shoppers outside the Best Buy on North Dale Mabry Highway numbered at least 300, as it weaved from the front door around the building to the trash bin in back. ...more

November 24, 2007

Wal-Mart Supercenter manager Charles Moore pulled out the heavy artillery to lure shoppers to his Gunn Highway store on Friday. ...more

November 24, 2007

With the holidays just weeks away, you've probably already been thinking about gifts for the friends and loved ones on your list. ...more

November 20, 2007

The glittery ghouls and plastic pumpkins are barely back in their boxes, and already retailers are in full-blown winter-wonderland mode. Although it all might seem a little premature, retailers know what they're doing — and you should, too. Here are some tips to help you prepare a spending strategy that won't leave you wandering through a mall waving your credit card at any kiosk worker selling scented candles. ...more

November 5, 2007

On Family On Friends On Co-Workers On Acquaintances On Flowers On Decorations ...more

November 5, 2007

Retail sales in October may rise more slowly than previously forecast as stores continue offering discounts before the holiday shopping period to attract shoppers facing higher costs. ...more

October 24, 2007

Despite projections of the slowest annual growth of retail holiday sales since 2002, the U.S. trucking industry, which hauls nearly every item that Santa Claus does not, expects to benefit this year as consumers continue to give more gift cards. ...more

October 23, 2007

Move over, peace and happiness. Computers are what Americans really want nowadays. ...more

October 16, 2007