holiday shopping Thanksgiving Holiday Shopping, by the Numbers How much shopping did Americans do over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? Here’s how busy it was, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
Giving Tuesday Do a Little Bit of Good Today: Give Back on Giving Tuesday The day of giving back is observed across 225 communities around the country on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
Giving Tuesday Everything You Need to Know About #GivingTuesday and How to Get Involved Giving Tuesday takes place the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and is a day to give back to the community following the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker explains how you can get involved.
black friday Sorry, but Most of Your Online Shopping Packages Aren't Recyclable After opening all your Black Friday orders, you can just gather all that packaging on the floor and take it to the recycling bin, right? Not so fast — it’s not that simple. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado talked to a recycling expert about exactly what packaging can get recycled, and what is still destined for the landfill.
black friday Three Ways to Make Your Black Friday Shopping More Environmentally-Friendly Black Friday is the nation’s biggest shopping day and its impact on the environment is equally huge. But it’s possible to take advantage of those giant Black Friday sales while keeping your environmental impact low. Here are three tips to make your discount shopping more environmentally-friendly.
black friday For Black Friday Shopping Without the Guilt, Try These Green Retailers Allbirds and Haglofs are just a couple of the retailers making an effort to turn Black Friday into Green Friday by either giving back or scaling back on retail’s biggest shopping day. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado and NBC Bay Area reporter Chris Chmura explain why these retailers are thinking outside the box.
black friday The Origin of Black Friday Has Nothing to Do With Shopping How did Black Friday become America’s biggest shopping day of the year? It may surprise you to learn that the way it started had nothing to do with shopping at all. NBCLX’s Janine Doyon traced the history of Black Friday from its origins in 1960 to the nearly week-long celebration of consumerism it is today.
black friday Black Friday and Climate Change: How Retail's Biggest Day Hurts the Planet Black Friday’s discounts are deep, and so is its impact on the environment. Expedited shipping combined with packaging that’s not as recyclable as you may think and hasty purchasing decisions result in tons of waste and greenhouse gases. Here’s what you can do to help.
