love an aggressively bad holiday photo? we have absolutely the worst, the most awkward holiday photos. you might want to look for your own families among them. here in our studio regis philbin. the reg. what s that like? what s he doing with himself these days? is he driving his wife joy crazy? we ll ask him all of that. that and more as we get under way tonight on rock center. good evening and welcome to this holiday week edition of rock center. the rule this time of year is pretty simple, it s better to give than to receive, but one of the game-changing ideas on the web right now offers people the opportunity to do both. like a lot of online success stories, it comes down to something pretty simple. folks with big ideas, but not a lot of money connect with people willing to fund them for everything from documentary films to new technology. the leading site in this area is called kickstarter and as kate snowe reports, it has kicked off an entirely new wor
good evening. i m lester holt in tonight for brian. the season of giving has given way to the season of giving back and cashing in on the post christmas bargains. retailers who this year have been especially eager to brand every big day on the shopping calendar are calling this one mega monday. no doubt a lot of weary shoppers are sitting it out. you wouldn t know it by the scenes that played out in malls today. asked to list top reasons for wading back into stores this week 82% in a consumer reports poll listed post holiday sales. around half said redeeming gift cards. nearly a third said returning gifts was a top motivating factor, too. all of which explains why nbc s ron mott has got lots of company in new york s herald square tonight. looks a lot like the day before christmas. reporter: indeed it does, lester. good evening. the doors at macy s have gotten a pretty good workout today as re-energized shoppers are back on the hunt tonight hoping to bag the biggest bargains
today and tomorrow and our kids denim at $10 today and tomorrow. so we want to keep the great deals going for our customer to come in after the holidays. it s so much nicer, you know, the malls before is crazy. this is so much nicer. really enjoy it this right now. reporter: giving retail stores another shot in the arm. this is great. yeah. 75%, 50%. is that helping the economy? hopefully it is. reporter: call it the holiday shopping epilogue. another chance to get big deals, another chance to stimulate the economy. and it was, in fact, a big year for retail this shopping season. also a big year for online shopping. ibm research just today saying online shopping up 16% from this time last year. in san jose, scott budman, nbc, bay area news. retailers in san francisco are seeing a huge rush of post-christmas shoppers today. here s a look at westfield san francisco center, where shoppers brought their gift cards and enjoyed sales of up 2to 60% off in many stores. a
good evening. i m lester holt in tonight for brian. the season of giving has given way to the season of giving back and cashing in on the post christmas bargains. retailers who this year have been especially eager to brand every big day on the shopping calendar are calling this one mega monday. no doubt a lot of weary shoppers are sitting it out. you wouldn t know it by the scenes that played out in malls today. asked to list top reasons for wading back into stores this week 82% in a consumer reports poll listed post holiday sales. around half said redeeming gift cards. nearly a third said returning gifts was a top motivating factor, too. all of which explains why nbc s ron mott has got lots of company in new york s herald square tonight. looks a lot like the day before christmas. reporter: indeed it does, lester. good evening. the doors at macy s have gotten a pretty good workout today as re-energized shoppers are back hoping to bag the biggest bargains. from the west coas