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Monday, December 10, 2012

PHOTOS: Faces from Stop, Shop & Support Fair this Weekend

See some of the vendors and businesses featured at this weekend's holiday fair featuring local women.

Women from all over South St. Louis County gathered in Concord this weekend to shop, sell and network at the first Stop, Shop & Support event featuring local, independent female entrepreneurs. Kirsten Holschen, who makes aquariums out of vintage television sets, made her first public appearance at this weekend’s vendor fair. Click on the photos above to meet more of the vendors from Stop, Shop and Support. People usually order their aquariums online, but Holschen said she came to the vendor fair to show her creations in person and to support her friend and fellow Fox alumna, April Bobbish, who had the idea for the fair in the first place. Holschen takes a month to craft her custom aquariums, which she builds in TV sets she find in alleys …

Kimberly Tucker

4:54 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

It was such a pleasure meeting and getting to know the other vendors! A spirit of community really resided among us...each offering suggestions to one another on how to merchandise wares...along with some uber fun bartering...MY FAV! :-) Thanks again to April & Lindsay! Kim Tucker, Haute' Haus Fashions, LLC.   more ›

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Black Friday 2012: South County Center Stores Open at Midnight

See which of South County Center mall's stores are open during the wee hours of Black Friday.

More than 40 stores at South County Center will open at midnight on Black Friday, Nov. 23. The mall's other stores will open between 3 and 8 a.m. Here's a look at South County Center stores that will open at midnight on Black Friday: Dillards opens at 8 a.m., JCPenney opens at 6 am., Macy's opens at midnight and Sears opens at 4 a.m. For more details, find the Black Friday schedule for South County Center online.

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