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Forget Christmas: Time To Buy Valentine’s Day Crap
This weekend, two readers sent us very similar “holiday creep” photos from two different kinds of retailers. Secret Consumerist synchronicity? Maybe. Or maybe the week before Christmas is now the...
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Up And At ‘Em, Easter Bunny: Chocolate Eggs Hit Shelves
This isn’t the earliest that we’ve ever seen it on the shelves, but we want to let our loyal readers know that Easter Candy is now available at selected grocery stores nationwide. How do we know this?...
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Easter Creep Spreads To CVS, Looks Delicious
Since shortly after Christmas Day, we’ve been tracking the spread of Easter Creep across the country. That’s when chocolate eggs and plastic bunnies hit store shelves before all of the unsold Christmas...
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Big Lots Celebrates Lots Of Holidays, All At Once
If you were wondering, Easter is April 20 this year. Christmas, of course, was December 25. At Big Lots, the period of mid-to-late January is a time of peaceful coexistence of holidays. It is a time...
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Christmas Tree-Shaped Ice Cream Is Here In Time For, Um, Summer
What better way to celebrate “Christmas in July” than breaking out Reese’s peanut butter cups shaped like pine trees? Yeah, we didn’t think that it was such a good idea, either, especially since it’s...
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Conversation Heart Jelly Beans Exist, Are Not Heart-Shaped
(The Impulsive Buy)Every major holiday in the United States seems to have its own candy, which used to disappear from stores once that candy’s holiday was over. There are conversation hearts for...
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Yes, Here’s A Full Halloween Candy Display At Walgreens
Jill knew that her blog readers wouldn’t believe what she had seen, even if she presented them with a photo. At her local Walgreens store, there was a full display of Halloween treats, including candy...
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Please Stop Sharing This Photo Of A Nordstrom Anti-Christmas Creep Poster
Here in the Consumerist Cave, we’re always amused when a photo or a story makes a complete lap of the newsosphere, and a reader sends it to us having no idea that it originated with us. This week,...
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Forget About Christmas: Let’s Move On To Valentine’s Day And Easter!
Yeah, there’s a holiday later this week or something. Retail stores don’t care about that anymore: they’ve got seasonal department shelves to fill, and most people who need garlands and lights have...
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Advances In Candy Technology Mean More Edible Conversation Hearts
Never underestimate human ingenuity. It was just a few short years ago that if you wanted to eat conversation hearts, your only choice was to crunch or suck on some chalky, hard candies. Today, there...
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