Black Friday Deals for Every Person in Your Life
Happy Black Friday, everyone! If you’re using today’s deals to score all of your holiday gifts, then you are – without a doubt – one savvy shopper. Whether you’re hitting up Target, Walmart, Macy’s or...
View ArticleThe Top 10 #MBTA Tweets of the Week: Black Friday Sales, Don't Steal Toilet...
Black Friday, Freedom Friday–who gives a crap? Bottom line: The MBTA's official gift store is having an "Everything must go sale" today; you have until 6 p.m. to getcho butt down to 1735 Massachusetts...
View ArticleBest Buy's Website Got Trampled on Black Friday
For shoppers looking to scoop up the best Black Friday tech deals without the Black Friday crowds, don't rely on Best Buy. The retailer's website went down, perhaps experiencing a similar...
View ArticleHow Cyber Monday Became Irrelevant
Those who want to get in on all the Black Friday sales without leaving their couch have one simple solution: online shopping. Because, let's face it, we're not all cut out for standing in line on...
View ArticleThe National Retail Federation Blames Lame Black Friday Sales on a Recovered...
Black Friday weekend has come and gone, meaning the holiday shopping season has officially started. Now that the flat-screen TVs and Elsa dolls have been snatched up by the most committed shoppers,...
View ArticleHere's What Boston-Area Colleges Are Hoping For This #GivingTuesday
After a fight-filled Black Friday and irrelevant Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday feels like a refreshing reprieve. For one federally-recognized day, individuals are inspired to give back. Come Wednesday,...
View ArticleA Handful of Holiday Cards to Buy This Season from Local Etsy Shops
Now that Black Friday is over and you've (hopefully) gotten some holiday shopping out of the way, it's time to start thinking about sending out cards to your family and friends — and soon. You don't...
View ArticleAnalysis of Black Friday Data Reveals Shift in Attack Vectors
Because Akamai is trusted by thousands of online retailers, and in fact all of the 20 top global eCommerce sites, we see and analyze enormous amounts of attack data during events such as Black Friday....
View ArticleToday Is Probably the Best Day to Shop for Electronics Online (Charts)
Black Friday is dead and you know that because you've been reading about it in articles like this one since at least 2013. It's actually not dead, despite Amazon's sort of ingenious strategy to kill...
View ArticleMillennials Have One Simple Preference That Could Redefine Black Friday
Black Friday's big role in making or breaking fiscal years for retailers is the stuff of legend. Thanksgiving weekend in 2015 will be no different, with consumer choices – especially those of...
View ArticleBostInno Approved: What To Do This Weekend, 11/27/15
Want events and other Boston news delivered to your inbox bright and early each morning? Of course you do – sign up for our lifestyle newsletter, In The Know, right here. Looking for tech networking...
View ArticleBoston Innovators' Gift Guide, 2015 Edition
If you're proud to be from Boston and you're reading this on your phone while waiting for a store to open on Black Friday, you're welcome: We just saved you the trouble of pushing through the crowd...
View ArticleIs Cyber Monday Even Monday Anymore?
The day before Thanksgiving my inbox was flooded with messages alerting me that Black Friday deals had begun. Black Friday already?! We live in a digital world where you can find anything and...
View ArticleWayfair May Be the Fastest-Growing E-Commerce Player This Holiday
Amazon.com may have become an unbeatable No. 1 in e-commerce. But Wayfair (NYSE: W), the Boston-based home goods e-tailer, is proving itself to be a more important rival than ever this holiday—showing...
View ArticleSkedaddle Is Giving Free Bus Rides to National & State Parks on Black Friday
Looking to do something a little different this coming Black Friday? Skedaddle, a Boston-based on-demand charter bus startup, is teaming up with national retailer REI to give free bus rides to...
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