Thanksgiving

Driving anywhere this Thanksgiving? If so, GasBuddy recently said the price of unleaded gasoline to get there would average about 44 cents per gallon less than it did last year. Related: GasBuddy: Lowest Gas Prices Of 2014 Unfolding Right Now More Turkey For a 16-gallon fill-up...

Heading in to the holiday shopping season, Liz Pierce of Brean Capital updated investors what to expect with Thanksgiving being less than two weeks away. "We believe cooler and more seasonal weather as well as lower gas prices have had a positive impact on traffic and conversion as we have...

In the latest Black Friday 2014 news, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) has announced that it will open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, or as it is increasingly known in the the world of retail, Black Thursday. This news follows Target Corporation’s (NYSE: TGT) announcement that it will be opening...

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the year. Over the last few years, however, major stores have opened their doors earlier and earlier, with several stores open on Thanksgiving day itself. This phenomenon has come to be known as Black Thursday, and this...

In a mere two paragraph-long statement entitled, “Comments on Holiday Performance,” J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) didn’t have much to say. The market did, with JCP shares closing down more than 10 percent on the day Wednesday, closing at $7.37, off by $0.82. In the statement, the company said it...

"We're terribly sorry," United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) spokeswoman Natalie Black told CNN. Black’s comments were made in response to numerous complaints from customers who did not receive packages promised for delivery by Christmas. Black blamed recent severe weather in the Dallas area,...

Yes, Black Friday retail sales were a bit of a disappointment. What wasn't clear is how much the Thanksgiving Day sales took sales away from Friday, especially at electronics stores. But on Wednesday this week, MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse reported electronics sales on Thanksgiving Day...

Investors appeared to be nervous going in to yesterday's close, a sentiment which continued at today's open. With little encouraging data coming out of the holiday shopping figures, investors and traders nervously await Friday's Labor Department November jobgs report which could help determine...

Black Friday may be deeply ingrained in the American shopping psyche, but Black Friday sales this year were relatively weak according to The National Retail Federation. NRF said compared with last year, consumers spent about four percent less over the holiday weekend this year – despite the...

Volume was light across the board despite Friday's early close also marking the last trading day of November. In typical fashion, markets close at 1:00PM on the day following Thanksgiving. As was to be expected, news was rather light and the major indices ended the day almost flat. The Dow...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is continuing the trend of timed Black Friday sales, with the first beginning on Thursday, November 28 at 6:00 p.m. The second "event" begins at 8:00 p.m., followed by another event at 8:00 a.m. the next morning (Friday, November 29). With three big sales, when should...

In honor of turkey day, we put together a few interesting statistics. According to The History Channel, Thanksgiving was a three-day holiday first celebrated in 1621 in Plymouth. 53 colonists and 90 Wampanoag (native Americans) attended the feast. This year, 43 million Americans will travel...

With several large retail chains planning to begin their Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving, some retailers are holding firm and refusing to participate even if it means losing some of their sales. Although the stores could lose valuable sales as many shoppers are planning to head out on...

Holiday travelers know they have to brace themselves financially as they take to the skies this week. But picking up a rental car isn't going to be much of a picnic for your wallet, either. A new CheapCarRental.com survey of rental car rates at 30 U.S. destinations shows a lot of companies have...