Holiday

With just days left until the Christmas holiday, shoppers across the country are heading to local malls in droves -- braving COVID-19 pandemic risks and forgoing social distancing in order to hunt down last-minute presents. 

While major big-box stores such as Target and Walmart will remain dark, a variety of convenient stores and pharmacies and even some eateries will remain open. 

Have you ever fantasized about Christmastime lasting all year?

Last minute shoppers are likely to spend big for Christmas presents, a report from LendingTree suggests.

Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday that more than 1,150 of his state's small businesses had been approved to receive nearly $49 million in financial grants. 

Zoom is allowing unlimited video call time between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Christmas and New Year's Day.

With Carrier Pickup by FedEx, customers can schedule a return for any item that was shipped and sold by Walmart.com for free.

While the past nine months have often felt dark, we have the opportunity to share the light of the holiday season

On Friday, Instacart announced a partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods for same-day delivery at 150 stores in nine states and Washington, D.C.

An Atlanta Insurance company gave out dzoens of $100 Walmart gift cards to shoppers on Friday.

Super Saturday is traditionally the busiest day of the year for holiday purchases, and this year online retail has been extra busy, and high-priority vaccine shipments have many Americans fretting that deliveries could be delayed this week.

New U.S. Government Accountability Office data revealed this week that more than 4,000 of Amazon's warehouse workers are on food stamps across nine states.

The average U.S. consumer will spend between $1,000 and $2,000 on holiday gifts in 2020.

According to Taylor's website, the cost of the visit can range between $250-$750 depending on the length of the visit (15, 30, 45, or 55 minutes), and whether the day of the week and time of the Virtual Visit is in a peak or off-peak time period. 

The association revealed its statistics on Monday.

Home Instead is working with Amazon to adapt their gifts for seniors program for the coronavirus era.

The pressure to deliver holiday gifts on time has increased exponentially for retailers and carriers as the coronavirus pandemic has more people shopping online and requiring delivery services in order to receive their items.

The redesigned stores offer additional space for staging products for in-store pickup and to ship-from-store transactions. In addition, the new stores provide the ability to stage inventory for items that may not be on the safes floor.

Cities across the country are turning to alternative methods to celebrate Christmas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 was certainly not the year that many of us planned for, but it has also, at times, shown us the best of humanity