Shopping events in Charlotte

by JODY MACE CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Paper Skyscraper, home of eclectic gifts and home accessories, is having their annual clearance sale this weekend. This is the perfect time to stock up on gift wrap, books, unusual dog toys, and Albert Einstein action figures.

If your hair benefits from high-end products, don't miss Beauty Brands' annual Liter Sale. Dozens of salon quality shampoos and conditioners are on sale for $11 a liter, offering huge savings, through August 15th. Locations are at Birkdale and Ballantyne.

For those looking for a really bargain-basement shopping experience, go to any Southern Piedmont region Goodwill Store through the end of July, spend $15, and get any regularly priced pair of jeans for free. You'll find a link to the coupon at Charlotte on the Cheap.

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Gift store suffers death by rent hike

Sona Cards and Gifts on Rockaway Parkway is one of those everything-in-one-place neighborhood stores most people born in the pre-Walmart age grew up with. A store where you can pick up a mixing bowl or address book, a picture frame or sweater bag, a box fan, toy balloons, toys, greeting cards, knives, silverware, loofahs, tools, lottery tickets - you get the idea.
Sona, at 1455 Rockaway Parkway, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, is scheduled to close its doors for good after 30 years, victim of a 30% rent hike that proprietor Vinod Patel says he cannot afford.

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