CLEVELAND – Road maps, newspapers, and phone books are on their way to extinction because of the Internet. Some retail experts say paper receipts could be next. A number of major retailers, including Kmart, Old Navy and Gap Inc., now offer customers the option of receiving electronic receipts that are sent to their e-mail accounts. […]
NORTH OLMSTED, OH (WOIO) – If you haven’t pulled out those sales ads, hit stores’ web sites or planned out your Black Friday “to-do” list you’re already behind. Black Friday is well underway! Lines at Best Buy in North Olmsted started forming earlier this week. In fact, just about every major retailer started the shopping […]
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – As more and more campers pop their tents outside of area Best Buy stores, it become obvious how much the electronics giant values the bargain hunters as a marketing tool. While many shoppers consider the bundled-up campers crazy, they also generate a major buzz leading up to the biggest shopping day […]
PARMA, OH (WOIO) – Phillips Edison Strategic Investment Fund II LLC has purchased Parmatown Mall, one of Northeast Ohio’s largest retail properties. The 1.18 million-square-foot, mixed-use complex is located on 83 acres in Parma, Ohio, approximately eight miles southwest of downtown Cleveland. The property includes three components: (1) Parmatown Plaza, an enclosed, single-story, regional shopping […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Black Friday is still more than a month away, but now is the time to start thinking about saving for those big purchases. The deal site, dealnews, predicts what will be hot this holiday shopping season. If you need a new TV, dealnews said the week of Black Friday may be the […]
MENTOR, Ohio - Great Lakes Mall will welcome a trio of new retailers: two new stores and a restaurant this year. H&M, a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teens and children, will open a 17,000 square foot location in the fall. Teavana, a specialty retailer offering more than 100 varieties of premium loose-leaf teas, authentic artisanal teawares and other tea-related merchandise, will open a 1,281 square foot location inside the mall in May. Chop It Salad Co., a locally-owned fast-casual restaurant, will soon be opening at the food court in Great Lakes Mall.
CLEVELAND – Sears Holdings Corp. announced the closing of more than 100 Sears and Kmart stores, including two in northeast Ohio. The company cited poor sales during the holidays as the reason to close between 100 and 120 stores. The company released a list of 79 stores, mostly Kmart stores, on Thursday. Six of the […]
(WOIO) – Sears is shutting down between 100 and 200 Sears and Kmart stores. The company is blaming terrible holiday sales. Sears reported poor sales in both consumer electronics and home appliance sales. Kmart’s declining sales were blamed on a drop in clothing and consumer electronics sales. Sears says closing stores and selling the inventory […]
WESTLAKE, OH (WOIO) – The 19-year-old mother who abandoned her sleeping baby boy while shoplifting in Crocker Park has surrendered to police. Brettany Walton turned herself in to Westlake Police on Saturday at 11:15AM. Bond was set at $30,000 on the charges of Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors and Complicity to Theft. She was […]
CLEVELAND – While thousands came out for Black Friday, thieves are also poised to take advantage of distracted shoppers with hundreds in purchased items. I was out overnight for the rush at Steelyard Commons and talked with a crime-fighting team out in force. They’re trying to prevent the surge in burglaries, so-called “crimes of opportunity,” […]
CLEVELAND – Before you head out the door for a block buster and get caught up in the frenzy, the BBB offers the following tip sheet to help you save time and money. Tip 1 – Know before You Go In the coming weeks many retailers will release their Black Friday deals online, in social […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – By now most people realize we’re not talking about something soothing for the bathroom when we talk about bath salts. Bath Salts are a banned drug, also called “K2” or “Spice.” Cleveland Community Activists were making rounds this morning at area gas stations to make sure that the new law is being […]