Linens N Things News

Ah, Black Friday rears its ugly head once again. The real question this year will be if shoppers are digging even deeper to find better bargains, or if we'll just pass on Black Friday altogether.

'Tis the season for deep discounts. Shoppers will be looking for bargains this holiday season, and retailers will be providing them.

Looking for a flat screen TV this Christmas? Circuit City is closed. Need a set of Legos for the nephew? Forget KB Toys.

Q: There are several huge Dumpsters in the parking lot by the former Linens 'n Things in the Naples shopping center across from Coastland mall.

If you were a first-time visitor from Mars and you happened to drop into a marketing meeting somewhere in the United States, you might assume that marketing people do nothing but talk about "TGIF." That's Twitter, Google, the internet and Facebook.

Target Corp., once committed as an anchor for the long-delayed Cypress Creek Town Center, has pulled out of the project.

Vallejo's new Bed Bath & Beyond store in the Gateway Plaza shopping center opened Wednesday and was busy almost immediately, manager Tina Harris of Martinez said.

Farewell, KB Toys, Circuit City, Mervyn's, and Linens 'n Things. Each retailer, now defunct, offered good prices, but that's not enough in a recession.

Small reminders that Spirit Halloween occupies a building that used to be a Linens 'n Things are houseware brand names hanging above advertisements for Halloween costumes Wednesday in Manchester Township.

The economy has affected many industries, but the Halloween industry isn't one of them, say officials at Spirit Halloween, one of the country's leading retailers of Halloween merchandise.

A year after the bankrupt national retailer Linens 'n Things began the final liquidation of its properties, a Triad furniture company is set to purchase its 279,000-square-foot distribution center near Piedmont Triad International Airport .

In addition to a few specialized stores and the usual discount stores selling costumes, Clarksville has a huge Halloween headquarters that comes to town for one month only.

A bad economy hits the retail and grocery market just as hard as it does any other sector.

VF Outlet plans to close in the Great Mall of the Great Plains, Olathe, on Nov. 13. It will then reopen at the Legends at Village West, Kansas City, Kan., on Nov.

Whitehall Township Planning Director Lee Rackus said hhgregg recently submitted plans to the township but did not say when it expected to open.

There are three ways that groups get through a Tucson Screamers haunted house. One group huddles together and travels as one.

Woodbury Lakes, like other shopping centers, has been hard hit by the recession.

Bed, Bath & Beyond 's strong financial position puts it in a particularly strong position to explore the opportunities an economic recovery might offer.

The former Linens n Things store at the Gateway Plaza shopping center in Patchogue has been leased to Home Goods.A The empty 25,000-square-foot space is presently being renovated to accommodate the housewares chain, which is a subsidiary of Boston-based T.J. Maxx.

The Spa at The Shore Club is offering Shop To It! readers 20 percent off any regularly priced treatment and a bottle of Zoya nail polish when you book an Aroma manicure and pedicure.