One of the busiest shopping days of the year is underway. The National Retail Federation says holiday shoppers are expected to spend an average of 875 dollars this year on gifts, decorations, food and other seasonal items. That’s 42-dollars more than last year. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says shoppers are making adjustments because of inflation…
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Black Friday is not what it used to be, because of the growth of online shopping. Dawn McVea, state director of the NFIB, says many local retailers also have a presence online…
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Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday and McVea says when you shop locally Sixty-Seven Cents out of every dollar stays in the community.

Despite the hot and extremely dry summer, there are enough fresh Christmas trees to go around. LSU AgCenter research associate Joe Nehlig says there is a little bit of a shortage, but nothing to worry about…
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Nehlig says the combination of fungus and the drought affected Leyland Cypress growers the most.

Bayou Classic fans are making their way into New Orleans for a big weekend of events. Tonight it’s the Battle of the Bands and Bayou Classic producer and director Dottie Belletto says before Grambling and Southern’ s historical marching bands strut across the Superdome, high school bands in New Orleans show off what they can do…
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Tomorrow at 1 PM it’s the football game between Southern and Grambling. Southern leads the all-time series 25-24.