This Memorial Day, in addition to the usual round of holiday weekend sales, many retailers are getting more targeted about how they can insert their products into shoppers’ summer celebrations. Walmart, for instance, as part of its push to lower prices in competitive categories, is...
Americans are projected to take a record number of road trips this Memorial Day weekend. It’s part of an overall uptick in early summer travel forecast by the American Automobile Association (AAA) in new data released Monday (May 13). “We haven’t seen Memorial Day weekend travel numbers like these...
It’s Monday and a holiday. The hot dogs are at the ready. The grill’s fired up. The wallets feel a whole lot lighter. The Memorial Day weekend stretches out over three days, and millions of households mark their moments of remembrance for those who served...
There may well be a Memorial Day parade, event, ceremony or, well, memorial somewhere in the many burgeoning metaverses, but we didn’t find one. To be fair, metaverses are relatively new at this point and, as immersive virtual worlds go, definitely are works in progress,...
May 30, 2022
There may well be a Memorial Day parade, event, ceremony or, well, memorial somewhere in the many burgeoning metaverses, but we didn’t find one. To be fair, metaverses are relatively new at this point and, as immersive virtual worlds go, definitely are works in progress, even if you do have an Oculus-style visor for the […]
May 31, 2021
The list and history of Memorial Day blockbuster film releases runs long and deep, from “Return of the Jedi” to “Jurassic Park” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” — all of which saw long lines...
May 28, 2018
It was two weeks before Blake Hall’s unit would deploy for combat in Iraq, and suddenly he and his 32 men were being told they weren’t going into direct combat...
May 28, 2018
Memorial Day, for most, is a day filled with fun. Kids and their parents get a day off, families hit the road to beaches or amusement parks and BBQs (and Beet-B-Qs) will break...
May 13, 2024
Americans are projected to take a record number of road trips this Memorial Day weekend. It’s part of an overall uptick in early summer travel forecast by the American Automobile Association (AAA) in new data released Monday (May 13). “We haven’t seen Memorial Day weekend travel numbers like these in almost 20 years,” Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA […]
