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Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving...
Tags: Queens (New York City), Lifestyle and Leisure, Apple iPad, Thanksgiving, IBM
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Powerball jackpot builds to $325M for Saturday
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Black Friday shoppers in many cities briefly detoured into lottery retailers, drawn off task by the prospects of winning a $325 million Powerball jackpot — the fourth-largest in the game's history. Chicago...
Tags: Holidays, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Brentwood (Islip, New York)
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Michiana retailers reflect on Black Friday
WSBT-TVMISHAWKA - It's a good thing we're heading into a weekend, because shoppers who spent all day and in some cases all night at the stores after Thanksgiving need some rest. But was the Black Friday rush enough to give retailers the confidence they need...Tags: Holidays
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Shoppers swarm University Park Mall
Black Friday shopping got off to an early start this year. Some people skipped out on Thanksgiving dinner to head to the malls and stores were still packed Friday. Nothing says the holidays like a crowded mall. "It was like a river of people on each...
Tags: Holidays, hhgregg
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Protests greet shoppers at Wal-Mart in South Bend, nationwide
Black Friday was the perfect backdrop for a union protest at Wal-Mart blasting the wages, benefits and treatment of employees of the world's largest retailer. Maybe you saw it today. About 30 people stood by the door of the Ireland Road Wal-Mart....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Consumer Goods Industries, Work Relations, Groceries
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Shoppers line up early for Black Friday...really early
WSBT-TV ReportIt is Black Friday -- the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. Stores opened earlier than ever this year, some, on Thanksgiving night. That means some shoppers spent their holiday in line. To get the best items and the best deals shoppers...Tags: Holidays, Target, Toshiba Corporation, Thanksgiving
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On Black Friday, a shopping strategy pays off
WSBT-TVMISHAWAKA - It may have seemed like Fatima Gonzalez and the two dozen or so people who lined up outside Sears, around midday on Thanksgiving, were just trying to make small-talk, but there was another reason for all the friendly banter. She was trying...Tags: Sears, Menards, Target
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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Google Inc., Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Apple iPhone, Sears Holdings Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure
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This and That
- I don’t do Black Friday. In fact when I was anchoring the news I practically begged them to make me work the day after Thanksgiving because I felt safe inside the newsroom, while we sent the newest rookie reporter out to mall land. Most of...Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Best Buy Co., Inc., College Sports, LSU Tigers, Southeastern Conference
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Bracing for Black Friday: 2011 holiday shopping forecast
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – Ready or not, Black Friday is right around the corner.
Stores are in full swing preparing, but are you ready for the holiday shopping season?
Some shoppers have been saving up all year for this; others said they're only...Tags: Holidays, Target Brands, Inc., Hobbies, Lobbying, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Workers push back against earlier holiday openings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Count your blessings, then get to work. That may be Thanksgiving for more retail workers this year, as stores push their holiday openings earlier and earlier. Unhappy workers are trying to persuade companies to back off. Anthony...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Holidays, Target Brands, Inc.
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