Shoppers Swarm Malls in Holiday Kickoff
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Kelsey Reynoso, a two-year-old girl, looks at toys in a catalog, as her family lines outside the KB Toys store inside the Glendale Galeria mall Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, in Glendale, Calif.
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US retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Toys ``R&#39;&#39; Us Inc. opened as early as 5 am, greeted by lines of customers waiting to buy discounted merchandise including $17.99 DVD players as the holiday-shopping season began.
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US consumers spend more as the holiday shopping season starts but fewer people head to the shops, research shows.
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Holiday shoppers, intent on finding bargains, descended on the region's shopping centers Friday. But, in what could be a worrisome sign for retailers, many consumers vowed to watch their wallets closely.
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In one Phomn Penh shopping mall, teenagers get into the holiday.
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Last-minute shoppers who hoped to beat the flood of Christmas-crazed gift buyers woke before dawn every day this week and arrived at retailers the moment they opened.
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Public schools call it winter break. Shopping mall clerks say &quot;Happy Holidays&quot; as they hand over purchases. Store ads announce holiday sales.
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Stores report long queues as shoppers hunt post-Christmas bargains
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They lined up in Georgia, braved the cold in Connecticut, and tried to stay awake in Chicago. From coast to coast shoppers rushed to the stores -- and they were enthusiastic in Seattle.
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NEW YORK -- The start of the holiday season was respectable but unimpressive for many of the nation's retailers, with consumers jamming stores and malls on Friday and pulling back as the weekend wore on.
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Retailers hope a surge of customers this weekend will kick off a strong final week in a holiday selling season that&#39;s been lackluster to this point.
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The holiday shopping season began with a solid show of spending on Friday, but consumers faded by the weekend&#39;s close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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NEW YORK: US retailers kicked off the annual post-Christmas selling frenzy on Monday, hoping that shoppers would flood stores to search for bargains or redeem gift cards and give profits a shot in the arm.
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Bargain-hungry shoppers raced to malls as early as midnight to be the first in line to grab the best of retailers' so-called "doorbuster deals" on Black Friday, the kickoff of the 2006 holiday shopping season.
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(CBS/AP) Shoppers braved chilly temperatures to be among the first inside retail stores and shopping malls on Friday, traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
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With just hours to go before Christmas, the nation&#39;s retailers hoped a last-minute flurry of holiday shoppers, whether delayed by winter storms or by simple procrastination, would be enough
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As if the Christmas buying frenzy wasn&#39;t enough, one in four Canadians could brave the malls today for more shopping. The International Council of Shopping Centres says a survey indicates 15 per cent of consumers will definitely shop today.