Amazon Heads Into The Holidays With Magnified Store Presence
Online retailer Amazon now has more than a dozen stores selling toys, electronics and small gifts. This could make a massive impact heading into the holiday shopping season.
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Online retailer Amazon now has more than a dozen stores selling toys, electronics and small gifts. This could make a massive impact heading into the holiday shopping season.
They needed a miracle and in the 11th hour someone stepped up to make the dreams of many come true. The Dallas Holiday Parade is a go, thanks to a mystery donor.
A beloved Christmas tradition in Dallas has saved by a generous donation from who parade organizers are calling "a Christmas angel."
The holidays are here and there is always something 'to do' around DFW!
Feeling the upheaval in retail, some store chains are making strategic alliances, and that can mean picking sides. Amazon and Walmart are both assembling coalitions.
A child safety group has released its annual holiday list of the 10 most hazardous toys. The nonprofit organization WATCH has been doing this for more than four decades.
The countdown to Christmas is on with just 41 days left, but those trying to save this year's Dallas Holiday Parade have even less time.
There's a last ditch effort to save a North Texas holiday tradition. The Dallas Holiday Parade is out of money after losing Children's Health as a sponsor of nearly three decades.
It's been around for nearly three decades, but this year, the Dallas Holiday Parade may not happen.
Target said that it will open at 6:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving and then close at midnight. Stores will then reopen at 6:00 a.m. on Friday. Last year, stores were open straight through the night.
From dangling more discounts to expanding business hours to sprucing up stores, retailers are pulling out all the stops for the critical holiday shopping season.
It'll be a (mostly) white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain's latest holiday cup design lets customers color it in themselves.
Looking to be more in tune with the mindset of its customers, Target plans to ease up on the Christmas promotions this year while taking time to better recognizing Thanksgiving.
JCPenney said that it plans to hire more than 40,000 people during the holiday season, the same number as last year. The retailer said that it is looking for cashiers, workers to restock stores and beauty consultants.
Toys R Us may have filed for bankruptcy this week, but the toy chain is revving up its holiday hiring. They will be accepting job applications for part-time positions at stores and distribution centers.
Walmart won't be doing large-scale holiday hiring at its stores this year. Instead, like last year, it will offer extra hours to its current workers. So far, retailers have detailed mixed hiring plans for the holidays.
Macy's is increasing the number of temporary workers that it's hiring for distribution and warehouse positions this holiday season as it chases the fast growing online sales. But overall holiday hiring will fall by nearly four percent.
Experience the powerful moment a woman comes face-to-face with the trauma team that save her life.
Alex Parsons donated a check for $250 to The Salvation Army's social services center on East Lancaster Avenue.
Jose Cruz was scheduled to graduate in January. His proud mom said that he was working and had purchased his own cap and gown with his earnings. But now, the family wants to know who killed the teen on Christmas.
Christmas is the season of giving, and January the month of returns.
A horse was given the greatest gift he could have ever received this Christmas. He received the gift of life and a new home.
A family torn by tragedy has found strength in themselves one year after an EF-4 tornado tore through Garland the day after Christmas.
Christmas is over, but the return season is just getting started.
Survivors like Morris Carr are still dealing with the physical and emotional impact for the EF-4 tornado that touched down the day after Christmas.
Police are looking for Briasia Landrum, 13, and A'mree Hines, 5.
Officers at the scene said they're still looking for a suspect.
In a new filing in federal court, Teddy's Market denied Buc-ee's allegations that it copied the Texas travel center's branding and instead filed counterclaims.
More triple-digit temperatures are on the way for next week.
Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, the last on a game-ending double, and the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4.
Police are looking for Briasia Landrum, 13, and A'mree Hines, 5.
Officers at the scene said they're still looking for a suspect.
In a new filing in federal court, Teddy's Market denied Buc-ee's allegations that it copied the Texas travel center's branding and instead filed counterclaims.
More triple-digit temperatures are on the way for next week.
Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, the last on a game-ending double, and the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4.
The reversal comes just weeks after an I-Team investigation showed contention over the disciplinary process.
A phone call from jail raised further suspicions that Carney targeted other girls.
More than 40 years after helping catch an ice cream truck driver who exposed himself to her, an Oklahoma woman testified against him in a Texas trial, helping secure a life sentence.
In 1991, a Plano girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted. The same thing happened 8 years later in Dallas. Investigators found the same DNA on both victims.
Ashley Keith sat down with CBS News Texas for an exclusive interview, her first ever about her 1991 kidnapping.
Federal authorities arrested a man who appeared to be monitoring security-planning activities at Trump National Golf Club in LA County ahead of the president's Southern California visit.
Three words keep coming up when current and former elected leaders describe former Fort Worth Mayor and longtime Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger: trailblazer, tough, and tenacious.
Former U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, a trailblazing North Texas Republican who became the first woman to serve as Fort Worth's mayor, has died, officials said Sunday night.
This week on Eye On Politics, a new bill in Congress seeks to revoke birthright citizenship for the children whose parents entered the U.S. illegally, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says social issues matter even as affordability remains at the top of voter concerns.
The hemp industry is still challenging other state regulations in court, so the legal fight in Texas is expected to continue.
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
This explosion is among several similar incidents across North Texas that raise questions about why hazardous natural gas leaks keep happening
Zoox, owned by Amazon, produces its own autonomous vehicles that it says are built for passengers, not drivers.
Telehealth platform disclosed users' "most private" health info and locked consumers into subscriptions, regulators allege.
The illness may take up to 14 days to incubate.
Dangerous heat is sending more people to the ER. Here's where North Texas outdoor workers can get free hydration kits.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
A fairly new entertainment and food venue in Allen surprised a lot of people last week by suddenly shutting down.
The future of AI technology manufacturing has landed in North Texas.
Mayor Jim Ross said hotel revenue in the city was a record $31 million in June, smashing the previous mark of $23 million.
Cuban alleges Patrick Dumont has engaged in "adversarial business practices."
During every U.S. World Cup match, 18-year-old Aaron Dotson was selling patriotic gear in downtown Dallas.
Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, the last on a game-ending double, and the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4.
Dallas Cowboys tight end Princeton Fant is out for the season after sustaining a knee injury in training camp.
All the festivities will be hosted at the Ford Center at The Star.
Jung Hoo Lee hit two solo homers and drove in three RBIs and Logan Webb pitched six shutout innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the scuffling Texas Rangers 5-1.
Dallas Cowboys tight end Princeton Fant left practice early after apparently suffering a knee injury Monday.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
A lawsuit alleges that a drive storing a $45 million spy film starring Nicolas Cage was "stolen right off a Netflix desk."
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
As Anthony Davis prepared for his debut game at the AAC, Dallas Mavericks fans took to the arena to protest the controversial trade.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
