Buckle joins hip style with classic service

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By Eileen Smith, Courier-Post Staff

Buckle hooks fashion-forward shoppers with hip, contemporary clothes and such traditional services as layaway and free alterations.

At the retailer's latest store, at Cherry Hill Mall, 21-year-old Andrei Peruso of Westmont bought his girlfriend, Brianna Brennan, a pair of rhinestone and metal drop earrings.

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Buckle up at Cherry Hill Mall

By Eileen Smith, Courier-Post Staff

HAPPILY HIP ALERT:

Buckle is open at Cherry Hill Mall.

That is great news for fashion-forward shoppers who have been pining away for Buckle, one of the few retailers consumers get really, REALLY excited about in a time of conspicuous non-consumption.

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Stores, offices take a snow day in region

John Ziomek/Courier-Post

Many retailers, banks and offices took a cue from schools and took off Wednesday as the latest storm passed through South Jersey.

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Pamper Yourself Expo geared towards women on Sunday, January 17th at Days Inn Banquet Hall in Cherry Hill from 10-4 P.M

We are holding a special Pamper Yourself Expo geared towards women on Sunday, January 17th at Days Inn Banquet Hall in the lovely town of Cherry Hill. The festivities are from 10-3 P.M. and include food and drinks, raffle and silent auctions, vendors ranging from products sale of makeup, clothing, tastefully simple food, shoes, perfumes, hair products and services offered such as manicures, pedicures, Reiki, psychic readings, face spray tanning and massage.

Each of the eight vendors will be donating an item/gift basket or a gift certificate for a service that will be raffled or silent auctioned and all of these proceeds will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Additionally 10% of all sponsorship donations will go to BCRF as well. Lastly some vendors will be personally donating 5-15% of their personal proceeds to BCFR.

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Retailers, shoppers make up snow day

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By EILEEN SMITH
Courier-Post Staff

An avalanche of shoppers swept into stores Monday, rushing to make up for time lost over the weekend, when most consumers were snowed in by a storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on South Jersey.

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White out dampens shoppers’ outing

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 By: Eileen Smith, Courier-Post Staff, via CourierPostOnline.com.

It's less than a week until Christmas, a time when shoppers are wondering how low prices will go -- and retailers are wondering how deep consumers will reach into their pockets.

Two-thirds of shoppers have yet to mark the last gift off their list -- and one in four consumers will shop this week, including Christmas Eve, according to the first annual American Express Spending and Saving Tracker research report.

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Macy’s sets overnight shopping schedule

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By: Eileen Smith, Courier-Post Staff

Procrastinators, insomniacs and folks who wake up in the middle of the night after dreaming of the perfect gift can shop at Macy's at Cherry Hill Mall for 83 hours straight, starting at 7 a.m. Monday.

"It's perfect if you work the night shift -- or if you can't sleep because you're worried about finishing your shopping," said Lisa Wolstromer, the mall's senior marketing director.

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Zhu Zhu Pets headed to Wal-Mart’s shelves

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By: Eileen Smith

Courier-Post Staff

Shoppers scrambling for Zhu Zhu Pets are expected to scurry to Wal-Mart on Monday, when limited supplies of the automated hamsters will hit store shelves.

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Procrastinating on holiday shopping, tweet #shopsj

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Many people have holiday traditions, like decorating the Christmas tree with family or lighting the candles of the menorah together.

I have a holiday tradition that I share with myself every year. It's called "How long can I wait before going shopping?"

And this year, I may be going for a new record...

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New-look Forever makes mall debut

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By EILEEN SMITH
Courier-Post Staff

Forever 21, a destination for fashion plates on a paper-plate budget, has been supersized at Cherry Hill Mall.

At 26,000 square feet, the two-story XXI Forever has more than twice the space of the original store. In addition to the cheap, chic apparel for young women found in Forever 21, the new concept also offers Twelve by Twelve, a couture line, and Heritage 1981, a vintage-style department for men and women.

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On Cyber Monday, sites see up-click in sales

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By EILEEN SMITH
Courier-Post Staff

On a drizzling Cyber Monday, shoppers didn't have to grab umbrellas on their way to the store.

An estimated 100 million consumers, many in their jammies, padded to PCs to click gifts off their holiday lists.

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Pair celebrates shopping tradition

Al Schell/Courier-Post

An aunt-and-niece shopping duo were celebrating their 10th anniversary of Black Friday shopping in Cherry Hill.

Christina Beri and her aunt, Theresa Tolotta, both of Cherry Hill, said the only disagreement they had was how early to wake up and hit the stores.

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Holiday shopping news, tweet #shopsj

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Visit the Courier-Post Web site for news, photo galleries and store information while shopping on Black Friday and throughout the holiday season.

You can also join the conversation by using the Twitter hashtag #shopsj to inform other South Jersey shoppers of deals, crowds and hot buys.

Garden State Park discounters doing well

Al Schell/Courier-Post

Foot traffic at Garden State Park is steady this morning, if a little light. Shoppers are mostly concentrated in bargain-conscious big-box stores like Best Buy. Fewer than a handful of consumers were seen during stops to smaller retail stores like Kay's Jewelers and J.Jill.

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South Jersey Black Friday: Long waits pay off for early morning shoppers

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By LAVINIA DeCASTRO
Courier-Post Staff

Michael Rosario's Black Friday shopping strategy involves lawn chairs, blankets, coffee and potato chips.

"We got here at 5 o'clock in the afternoon," said the Pennsauken resident, one of the first customers to enter Best Buy in Cherry Hill when the electronic store opened its doors at 4:45 a.m. today. "It turned out to be worth it."

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