Monday, April 9, 2012
Vote in our Readers' Choice poll and write a review of your favorite spot.
We're on a quest to rank the best of West Bloomfield. So far, we've asked you about places to file taxes, go tanning, watch sports, St. Patrick's Day spots, family entertainment, auto shops, bagels, breakfast places, gyms, coffee shops, nail salons, barbershops and the best place to find last-minute gifts. Today, the topic is sporting goods. Visit West Bloomfield Patch Places to find the 411 on businesses in town. Vote for your favorite place to get sporting goods by 9 a.m. Friday, and we'll post a story later that day declaring the winner. If we missed your favorite place, let us know in the comments section. Vote in the poll below and click through to the profile pages of these local places and leave your comments: Because this poll …
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Running Fit
6623 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Target Sports Shooting Range
3240 Orchard Lake Rd, Orchard Lake, MI
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Dunham's Sports
7320 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Businesses both corporate and small have an early start to the biggest shopping weekend of the year.
Deal hunting shoppers this past weekend were running on a full stomach thanks to Zoe’s House of Pancakes, which ran out of bread and orange juice during the busy weekend. “This has been a really good week for us. Wednesday was nuts and Friday was even busier,” Manager Frank Adamopoulos said. Business lingered in the morning and picked up right before lunchtime this weekend at Zoe’s. “We ran out of bread on Saturday and Sunday, and our bread guy said “Man, I knew you were going to run out,” Adamopoulos said. Zoe’s was one of many area businesses which participated in a Small Business Saturday promotion from American Express, which offered a one-time $25 rebate to shoppers spending at least $25 at a small business after registering their …
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Annie Sez
6303 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Guys N Gals
6353 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Zoe's House of Pancakes
6339 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Long lines and full parking lots at midnight Thursday were normal sights at Troy's Somerset Collection, Oakland Mall and other local businesses running doorbuster deals for Black Friday.
The promise of big savings on the best products lured thousands of shoppers to Troy stores late Thursday and early Friday morning as Black Friday shopping kicked off at midnight. The north parking lot outside Macy's at the Somerset Collection started to fill up Thursday night as the department store opened its doors to Black Friday shoppers at midnight. The official opening of the mall was moved to 8 a.m., while individual stores staggered their opening times from midnight at Macy's, and 4 a.m., 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. for many other stores. "We went to Great Lakes Crossing first, but we really wanted to shop here because they have all the top quality brand stores," Cash Zhao, who traveled from Mt. Pleasant to the Somerset Collection in Troy, …
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The Somerset Collection
2800 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI
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Oakland Mall Shopping Center
412 W 14 Mile Rd, Troy, MI
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Macy's
2750 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI
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Kohl's
1265 Coolidge Hwy, Troy, MI
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Target
1301 Coolidge Hwy, Troy, MI
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EB Games
2800 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI
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Foot Locker
2800 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
iPad and other Apple devices top kids' wish lists, survey finds, while shoppers can expect to find bundled gaming systems.
As you are making your holiday shopping list and checking it twice, be aware that what many kids really want are the top-selling Apple devices. The Apple iPad is the most desired consumer electronic among kids ages 6-12 this holiday season. A recent Nielsen survey shows: If you are looking for a deal on an iPad, the only discount shoppers can snag will be on Thanksgiving Day, when Jon Vincent of BlackFridayinfo.com said the company will offer its once-a-year 5 percent to 7 percent discount on the device and other Mac products online only, according to thestreet.com. Retailers are offering gift cards with the purchase of iPods to significantly reduce the price, it said. Two products that offer unique gaming technologies – Nintendo 3DS (25 …
