Thursday, November 22, 2012
Hours and parking, seeing Santa, supporting Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army Angel tree and more to get you through Black Friday.
The Manassas Mall opens at midnight for shoppers who want to get an early jump on Black Friday shopping. It will be open until 11 p.m. Friday. The mall is open Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Parking at Manassas Mall An interactive map of the mall is available here so you can target your parking lot and plan your route in the mall to get your shopping done efficiently. On Black Friday, most roads will be busier than usual, but if you check the Patch commuting tab, you can stay up to date on which roads are the most clogged, and choose an alternate route to the mall parking lot. The parking lot has more than 4,500 spaces, but you may want to carpool with friends or family who also want to go shopping. If you don't want to deal with the …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Walmart employees in different cities, including Washington, DC, are protesting after learning "Black Friday" store hours start at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
Walmart workers across the country are planning to strike due to the stores opening earlier this year for the Black Friday weekend. It does not appear that Walart locations in Northern Virginia are participating, but a protest is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday at the Capital Plaza Walmart in Washington, DC. Casey Hoag, a campaign communications specialist for The United Food and Commercial Workers, said at the moment, there aren't any strikes planned in Northern Virginia. Between this past week and Thanksgiving, more than 1,000 worksite actions will take place nationwide. Walmart employees all over the country have been striking for the past few months in protest to being silenced, long hours and little pay and issues with healthcare. "These …
Friday, November 25, 2011
Stores opening earlier than ever before; find out where the good deals are in Manassas
When the term Black Friday originated in Philadelphia back in the 60s who would have thought that 40 years later over 150 million people would be packing stores nationwide in search of the hottest deals for their holiday shopping. Once used to describe the large amounts of pedestrian and vehicle traffic the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday is now known as the 'busiest shopping day of the year' and has even spawned other names for sales on following days like, 'Small Business Saturday', 'Cyber Monday' and 'Green Tuesday.' During the past decade retailers have been opening their doors at the crack of dawn to hungry shoppers but it's the last few years where Black Friday has taken on a life of it's own. Now opening up at 4 am is a mere …
Isaac Cohen
9:40 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Very well said. thank you Bethany!! more ›