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When you're watching your dollars, you're probably also watching how many ounces or gallons you're getting in that yogurt container of milk jug.
One friend of mine commented that cereal boxes were getting smaller while the price held steady. Another noticed a few brands of ice cream were...
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PartyWorks, the stor at 4440 N. Ming Ave. that says it's "closing forever," is boasting sales of up to 90 percent off original prices.
As we've previously reported, the store, next to Food Maxx, is closing after 15 years in business.
Last day: Aug. 10.
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News from reporter Courtenay Edelhart:
After 15 years, party supply store PartyWorks is going out of business.
Owner Rob Fox said the store lost its lease, and “the economy is just too unpredictable to move the store to another location.”
The store is best known for transforming...
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Valley Plaza Mall will add three new stores in time for back-to-school shopping.
Mrs. Fields, G by GUESS and Select Comfort will join aboujt 130 stores at the mall and should open by late summer. COACH will also open around the same time.
“We are excited to add all these merchants to our...
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Talk to gas station owners, and they'll tell you one thing: Not them.
They say they have a small, if any, profit margin on the gas they sell. They make their money by peddling other items. (You'd be surprised at some of them.)
That's what we found talking to owners here, and the Associated...
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JCPenney is having a big sale in the women's department. I just bought myself $400 worth of clothes for $200. Most items are Buy 1, Get 1 free meaning it's a great time to stock up on the basics.
If you don't have time to go to the mall, I also discovered a way to get discounts...
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For those of you who didn't get all your shopping done on that crazy day last Friday, there's still some really great deals out there. Here are a few to get your weekend started....
Sears
- 50% off tools
- 50% to 60% off outerwear for him and her
- Entire Christmas Shop on sale.
Kohl's
-...
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If you're shopping online for gifts, these are the retailers offering free shipping:
Amazon.com- http://www.amazon.com/
Etoys.com- http://www.etoys.com/
Best Buy- http://www.bestbuy.com/
ToysRUs- http://www.toysrus.com/shop...
Dell- http://www.dell.com/
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Beat the Rush!!!! For those of you not going out on friday, there are still some good deals.
Mervyn's ( Tuesday and Wednesday)
-Mix and match all fleece for the family . Buy one get one free.
-75% off store wide clearance.
-$10 reward for every $50 you spend
Kohls
-50% off outerwear...
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Two new car dealerships are set to open next to each other next month on Industrial Parkway Drive off Merle Haggard Drive (formerly 7th Standard Road) near Highways 99 and 65. Bill Wright Toyota will add its second Toyota-Scion location and Three-Way Chevrolet will add a commercial trucks...
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As Americans search for more healthy options and take less time for meals, fruit smoothie shops have gained in popularity both locally and nationwide.
Fruit smoothie sales in the United States have shot up more than 80 percent in the last five years, topping $2 billion last year, according to...
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The Padre Hotel in downtown Bakersfield is up for sale again for $5.6 million. Pacifica Enterprises LLC purchased the historic landmark building for $1 million five years ago, but the company's plan to add condos to the building never materialized and construction stopped halfway through a...
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Bakersfield explosive growth has again placed it on a list of the fastest growing economies in the nation. Bakersfield was ranked 11th in the nation among midsize cities and 47th overall among the nation's 393 largest metropolitan areas in a recent Inc. magazine listing of the best cities...
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Target has applied to the city's planning department to add a more than 200,000 square-foot SuperTarget along with three other retail buildings to a vacant lot on the northwest corner of Gosford Road and Panama Lane. Target is in the process of purchasing the land from Castle & Cooke and...
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How does customer service impact your shopping habits? Have you stopped shopping at a particular store or restaurant after a bad experience or hearing about somone else's bad experience? What's your best or worst shopping horror story? Check out a story on customer service in...
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According to a market research firm Bakersfield now has nearly 50 fitness clubs, ranging from chains like 24 Hour Fitness and Body Xchange to smaller mom and pop operations and niche operators like Total Woman and Curves, which cater to women. Is that enough? Do we really need that...
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A Valley Plaza Mall official confirmed that General Growth, which owns and operates the mall, has held negotiations with an undisclosed retailer to fill the vacant Robinsons-May department store space. A decision on a new tenant for the space could come soon. There have been many...
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Banana Republic will soon add a store at Valley Plaza.
What do you think?
National upscale chains P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and California Pizza Kitchen recently added Bakersfield restaurants. With the addition of a Banana Republic, is Bakersfield starting to attract more high-end...
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The Home Depot will move into the long vacant building formerly occupied by Zody’s department store on Ming Avenue near Stine and Akers later this year. Click here to read story.
What do you think about finally having a permanent tenant for the building, which also housed Builders...
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Does the honeymoon stop after the wedding?
According to a recent poll, unmarried men are four times more likely to purchase jewelry for their girlfriends then married men are to do the same for their wives.The same poll says four out of five married men claim to be "lost" when shopping...
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What do you think of gift cards? If you're like me, you got a few in your Christmas stocking this year. Are they a great gift that allows you to go out and buy what you really want or a thoughtless cop-out, a sign the gift giver didn't spend much time looking for gifts for you?
I...
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California’s minimum wage will increase from the current $6.75 an hour to $7.50 an hour on Jan. 1 and to $8 an hour on Jan. 1, 2008.
Worker's rights groups say the increase is needed given the state's high cost of living and will help out working families. Pro-business groups warn the...
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I was at Valley Plaza today talking to day after Christmas shoppers. Do you like shopping on the day after Christmas? Do you shop that day for the sales, to return an unwanted clip on tie or to get a jump start on next year's holiday shopping? Or do you do whatever possible to...
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What's the worst gift you've ever given or received? Socks from grandma? Breath mints from a co-worker as a not-so-subtle tip? Did you give your wife a vacuum cleaner for your anniversary?
As a kid, I gave my aunt and uncle a tiny ugly ceramic squirrel for Christmas one...
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What do you think of re-gifting, or giving a second-hand gift? Have you ever done it? Have you received one? If so, what was your reaction?
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A gigantic $90 million, 57-acre shopping mall is planned for the southwest corner of Gosford Road and Panama Lane in the southwest. It would likely not be finished until 2009. Combined with the Gosford Village development, which includes a Kohl's and Sam's Club, it could create a big...
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It was still dark and some shoppers huddled near heat lamps in the Valley Plaza parking lot at midnight with a live band rocking away on the stage behind them. Just before 1 a.m. Friday the doors swung open ushering in a large crowd of hard-core shoppers and teenagers just looking for something...
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I spent some time talking to people in the middle of the night last night and this morning waiting in line to get their hands on the coveted PlayStation 3. If you weren't in line or about two days chances are you didn't have much of a chance of getting one.
Many I talked to planned to sell...
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Seeing people camped out in tents outside Circuit City waiting to buy a PlayStation 3 on my way to work today reminded me of the time I stayed up all night outside a store to get a PlayStation 2 a few years back. Here's an old blog I wrote last year thinking back on that night when the Xbox...
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What are your favorite old school guilty pleasures? Have you held onto an old Atari video game system? Do you search through vinyl record collections at garage sales? Do you miss the lava lamp you had in your dorm room (I do)? Do you still pull out your hair trying to...
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A recent survey indicates Americans are spending more time searching the internet for products and comparison shopping for prices before going into stores.
Do you check out the internet before you go shopping? Do you buy products online or shop in stores? Do you feel secure using...
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Depending on who you ask, downtown Bakersfield is either blighted and neglected or on its way to becoming a vibrant arts and entertainment district.
What do you think?
Are the recent renovations and openings of the Nile Theater as a bar and nightclub and Capistrano’s as a bar and...
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What will be the hot toys this holiday season? The T.M.X. Elmo (who has laughing fits and slaps his knee) has already sold out at many stores. Other hot toys this season are expected to include Barbie and her 12 dancing princesses (could you have any more princesses?), Bratz dolls...
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For the second year in a row Valley Plaza will open early the day after Thanksgiving this year (Nov. 24). After opening at 2 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving last year, the mall plans to open at 1 a.m. this year. Some even camped outside overnight in the parking lot waiting for the...
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Barber Honda will temporarily sell cars out of the former Robinsons-May store at Valley Plaza mall over the holidays — which is believed to be one of the first such arrangements in U.S. Shopping mall history. Barber Honda will occupy the vacant space from October through...
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My wife insisted we rush out after work last night to pick up the newly released T.M.X. Elmo, the new version of Tickle Me Elmo, before it sold out. After opening the packaging, which instructed us not to peak in Elmo's voice, my almost 2 year old daughter set out jumping up and down in...
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Since the recent completion of the new Thomas Terminal at Meadows Field, the area surrounding the airport has faced an explosion of new retail growth, much of it on Seventh Standard Road just off Highways 99 and 65. There is a new Harley Davidson dealership, two planned auto dealerships, a new...
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The Shops at River Walk is already home to California Pizza Kitchen and Elephant Bar with P.F. Chang's China Bistro and BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse under construction and slated to open soon. The Castle & Cooke development is located next to the Park at River Walk and the Kern River...
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I am writing a story about how shoppers' experiences shape their future habits. A study earlier this year found that one third of shoppers who were upset about a problem at a store will tell an average of four people about their experience. It also said half of those questioned...
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As Bakersfield grows, so do our dining and shopping options. We're still a mid-sized city, but are starting to catch up to Fresno and other larger areas. We have a Red Lobster, are getting a P.F. Chang's, don't have a Bloomingdale's or a Cheesecake Factory. What types of stores...
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