Macy's says it will close 11 underperforming stores in 9 states — affecting 960 employees — after one of the weakest holiday seasons in years. ...more

January 8, 2009

Retailers are expected to have one of the worst holiday seasons in years as consumers cope with job uncertainty and the nerve-racking stock market, which lost $10 trillion in value between October 2007 and November. ...more

December 25, 2008

The notion of ketchup soup got Reiko Pearson started on her mission. ...more

December 24, 2008

Retailers are suffering through one of the most difficult holiday seasons in years, slashing prices by 70 percent and 80 percent and offering other deals in a desperate effort to ring up more sales. ...more

December 24, 2008

Reiko Pearson is at it again, working this time to make Christmas brighter for local needy residents. ...more

December 23, 2008

Crunch time is here for holiday travelers wanting to get home or get away from home for the holidays. Tampa International Airport officials say that each day leading up to Christmas, there are as many as 25,000 passengers leaving and 25,000 passengers arriving. ...more

December 23, 2008

With winter break fast approaching, some timely and sobering news was delivered Wednesday to local teens: Tampa Bay area roads are the deadliest in the nation for young drivers during the holidays. ...more

December 4, 2008

If you're a teenager driving in the Tampa Bay area this holiday season, be careful. Allstate Insurance says the Bay area is the most dangerous place in the nation for teens to drive during the holidays. ...more

December 3, 2008

More is better. With Christmas lights and decorations it's also "the more the merrier." ...more

July 30, 2008

As the Christmas season approaches, patrons at the Sail Inn bar have to pay up if they let the mother of all curse words slip off their tongues. ...more

December 19, 2007