Holiday Shopping Season, Shopping | featured news

When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?"...

Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales....

When the holiday shopping season kicks off the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened, but even more bargain-hungry customers.

All the surveys agree; one of the top consumer electronic gift categories is digital cameras. Surprised? Me neither.

Some analysts are now predicting higher levels of holiday spending than in the year before.