Holiday shopping is underway for three and a half million Utahns in the state.Morgan Eggleston is scouting out a few items at Walmart for her two-year-old.“I’m
Jennifer Yen pulls to shopping carts full of items at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Shoppers gathered at Best Buy Co., Target Corp. and Toys "R" Us Inc. stores from New Jersey to Texas well before midnight yesterday to take advantage of Black Friday deals on televisions, laptops and robot hamsters.
Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images With holiday shopping officially underway, experts are giving tips on how to save money and avoid impulse purchases. Creating a plan and budget is a crucial step to holiday shopping, according to WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo. This can help shoppers avoid making purchases on impulse alone.Lupo said to instead go into the process with a priced-out game plan. He suggested making a list of what you are looking for.Morgan Eggleston spoke with KUTV about scouting out a few items at Walmart for her two-year-old. She said it was her daughter's birthday last month, so budgeting for Christmas is key.General manager of the West Valley/Kearns Walmart, Carmen Barber, said holiday shopping trends are always changing and adapting. For example, spreading out Black Friday deals is something that helps customers beyond the one-day tradition. “It makes it easier and more convenient for our customers,” Barber said. “There’s not that hassle of waking up early, standing in a line, those types of traditional things.” Barber said Walmart is working to keep items more affordable, despite the rise in economic costs and inflation. “Walmart works really hard with these suppliers developing those relationships and negotiating our prices to keep stuff lower,” Barber said.“We’re seeing a trend toward experiences over gifts,” Lupo said. “That trend is trending upward. Sixty percent of Americans say they would enjoy the holidays more if people didn’t exchange gifts.” To save money, Lupo suggests smaller, thoughtful handmade gifts. There is also the option to shop online for web-exclusive deals.“It’s fun to go around and look at stuff, but it’s also kind of stressful to make sure I get enough for everyone," she said.Travelers across the country felt the impact of heavy holiday travel, as flight delays in Salt Lake City stacked up throughout Sunday.According to FlightAware,A private investigator working on Melodee Buzzard's case has a new theory about her disappearance.9-year-old Melodee went missing out of California last monthA Santa arrival in Cedar City was aborted, after an object was sucked into the rotors of a helicopter.It happened Saturday night at the city’s downtown lightingA 19-year-old teenager who was convicted of plotting a mass shooting at an Indiana high school earlier this year has been sentenced.A young couple was killed in a head-on collision after a driver entered Interstate 15 traveling the wrong direction.A driver entered northbound I-15 from 600 So
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