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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Black friday news



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Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not actually a holiday, but some non-retail employers give their employees the day off, increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005, although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate, have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time. (more from wikipedia).


Black Friday violence: Competitive shopping's troubling new edge


Some Black Friday shoppers have been cutting in line, grabbing carts, coming to blows, and wielding pepper spray. What the Black Friday hunt for the perfect Christmas present says about the shopper within. By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer / November 26, ...
 (more from www.csmonitor.com).


Scores:total: 0.08, wp: 0.54, news: 0.02, image: 0.08, trends: 0.31

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