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50+ Retail & Restaurant Offers for Veterans Day
Life O’ The Party is all about great service at a great price. And here are some very generous coupons when speaking about service and special prices – for everyone who is or has been part of our Armed SERVICES. As we get set to celebrate Veteran’s Day, thank you to all of those who have served and continue to serve us today in all branches of the US Armed Services. This Veterans Day, retailers and restaurants across the country are offering freebies and discounts to veterans, reservists, active and retired military. In some cases, these...
read moreIt’s Official: Balloons For The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Will Be Supplied by Life O’ The Party, Again!
For the 12th consecutive year Life O’ The Party will be supplying party balloons for the world famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This huge honor is a testament to the company’s expertise in balloons! In the past 11 years Life O’ The Party has made an impression with their incredible balloon decorations and displays. A spectacle this big needs the highest quality balloons and the most experienced party supplier, which is why Life O’ The Party continues to be chosen year after year. The annual parade is a bigger event than you might think....
read more4 Ways to Make Your Wedding Guests Happy
The Perfect Wedding is the One Everyone Remembers for All the Right Reasons To be sure, Life O’ The Party does NOT do a lot of weddings. But when we do, they are just as beautiful, just as memorable and just as special as any other event we are a part of. Brides-to-be have long checklists for planning their big day. Dress, flowers, venue, vows, will there be a sit-down dinner or hors d’oeuvres and crudités? Who will be in the wedding party? “Every bride wants her wedding to be perfect and by that, many mean that they want the event...
read moreWhen The Balloons Come Out, The Customers Come In!
When you or your business has something to celebrate or make your grand opening event truly GRAND, why not do it in style with balloon decorations and other party provisions from Life O’ The Party? Since 1980, Life O’ The Party has been helping clients big and small provide balloon decorations and other décor they need. Businesses and all corporate clients love Life O’ The Party, and the way their balloons can help not only create a festive atmosphere, but also bring in new customers. Just ask the folks at Petco®, one of Life O’ The...
read moreORCHID – 2014’s Color of the Year
Every year there is “the” color. Every year the movers and shakers of the fashion industry get to decide for us what our favorite color of the year will be. And so we have been forewarned that Orchid is the color of the year we will all cherish for the next 12 months when again, another color will be chosen for us. Wikipedia has this to say about this year’s favorite color: Orchid is a bright rich purple color that is a representation of the color of the orchidaceae flower. Various tones of orchid may range from grayish purple to...
read moreGood Customer Service Drives Customer Loyalty This Holiday Season, According to PriceGrabber® Survey
PriceGrabber®, a leading distributed ecommerce platform and shopping site, just released additional results of its Winter Holiday Shopping Survey, revealing that 69 percent of consumers plan to shop at the same retailers as they did last year. When asked why, 70 percent said they would remain loyal to certain retailers because of good customer service. According to the survey, online retailers and discount stores continue to remain the most popular destinations for holiday shopping. When asked to select all the types of stores where consumers...
read moreStudy: XMas Too Soon (Christmas Creep)
Americans to Stores AGAIN: Don’t Decorate for Christmas Before Thanksgiving; Focus on Online Presence Instead SOASTA Follows Up with America a year after first “Christmas Creep” survey and finds even more Americans want stores to focus on “Cyber Monday” websites over decor MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. November 5, 2013 – SOASTA, the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the findings of its 2013 Holiday Retail Readiness survey that discovered that even more Americans think stores should not put up Christmas decorations before...
read moreFlipp app launches to help consumers find local sales and plan weekly shopping trips
In time for Black Friday, Americans can get ahead of their shopping experience TORONTO and NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Wishabi, a leading technology company whose digital circular platform is used by top retailers across North America, today announced the launch of Flipp, a circular app that helps consumers find sales in their community and plan their weekly shopping trips. Flipp, a free app available on iPhone and iPad, transforms the way consumers shop and save money every week as...
read moreTop Tips for Hosting Your Next Holiday Party
Chicago Event Guru Offers Ideas for Making Your Next Event Amazing (and Relatively Stress-Free) The holiday season is just around the corner. Along with all the festive fun of cookie making, snowman building and house decorating comes the stress of family get-togethers, holiday parties and seasonal events. Cindy Shanholtz, owner of Effortless Events in Chicago, has some tips that will make your holiday event memorable and your hosting duties a little bit easier: Let There Be (Amber) Light – For a light that’s flattering to all your guests...
read moreGift Card Spending Reaches All-Time High, According to NRF Survey
-Gas Station, Department Stores and Restaurants Favorite Choices for Gift Cards- Washington, November 13, 2013 – It’s personal, it’s practical, and it comes with a price tag that matches anyone’s budget – it’s a gift card, and this season 8 in 10 (80.6%) shoppers will look to add these small gift items to their baskets. According to NRF’s Gift Card Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, holiday shoppers will spend an average of $163.16 on gift cards, up 4.0 percent over the $156.86 they spent last year and the highest...
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