retail

With a few big retail stores closing sites in Lufkin, it creates new opportunity to make use of that space.  If you made the rules, what would you put in the empty Lufkin Mall spots?

If you bought a 40-inch flat screen TV over the Thanksgiving shopping weekend, you matched most East Texas shoppers. Each of us spent a little under $300 over the Black Friday weekend, but that's only a third of what our holiday shopping total will be.

If you're planning to burn some Thanksgiving calories by shopping, these stores will open up to you on Thursday night. Others will wait until Black Friday morning.

Full disclosure.  I spent $50.20 on an order of granola yesterday because they offered free shipping on orders of $49 or more and I'm so addicted to the stuff I justified buying 8 bags of it and some chia bars while I was at it. Trust me when I say I will sniff out the best deals for you.  I won't make you eat granola through 2017, but I will point you toward the best deals on tools, workout cloth

I know, I know.  More shopping.  It's been one big sale after another for the past few weeks, and it's all under the tree now. But there are some things that are better purchased after Christmas, and these are the top items.

If you mastered Cyber Monday and saved hundreds of dollars, I am so impressed with you!  Here's how I failed.

You are never going to satisfy everyone 100% of the time.  That's especially true in the world of retail.  But, according to statistics released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) some stores have a harder time pleasing patrons than others.