Black Friday poised to be best in years
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This year's "Black Friday" could be the strongest opening to the holiday shopping season in years, if the droves of American eager to exploit early-bird specials are any guide.
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With Wall Street in the year's final  stretch and the Dow in record territory, investors believe this  week will bring even more holiday cheer.
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Timely acquisitions and cost savings add up to a big year for this consumer-goods producer.
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With Black Friday in the rear-view mirror -- complete with eye-popping bargains and frenzied shoppers lining up overnight to buy that "must-have" 42-inch plasma television -- Wall Street now looks to Thursday to find out whether heavy markdowns took a toll on sales and profits.
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U.S. shoppers are starting to get into  the holiday spirit, with indices on Tuesday showing sales  picking up with only 10 shopping days until Christmas.
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The day after Christmas in the United States is typically reserved for recovery from overindulgence, gift returns and ambitious shopping for next year.
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Online merchants are poised to record a much bigger rise in holiday sales than their offline counterparts. Broadband expansion, more luxury gift sales and a rise in late shoppers help the bottom line. By Joanna Glasner.
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SIGNS that shoppers are trickling back to the High Street today soothed fears that retailers are heading for a dismal Christmas. The CBI said a net 11% of retailers reported higher sales in October than a
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Last-minute shoppers gave the nation's retailers a generally solid holiday season, with some apparel retailers and discounters enjoying particularly robust sales.
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This market is presenting some amazing bargains. Here's one of the best.
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It's shaping up to be a very  merry holiday season for online retailers.
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Online retailer declares ''best ever'' holiday season, offers snapshot of season's sales activity.
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For those pushing their way through the Black Friday crowds on the year&#39;s busiest shopping day, this is the year they may resolve to join the record number of online shoppers.
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Some people are looking forward to 2010. Here's why.
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With Wall Street itching for an end-of-the-year surge but still somewhat nervous about consumer spending, Americans' shopping patterns in the last hours before Christmas could make or break a "Santa Claus rally."
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Where will the best returns come from this year?
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - U.S. online shoppers,  who set spending and traffic records on Thanksgiving Day and  the "Black Friday" that followed, were expected to break new  ground again as they returned to work on what some are calling  "Blue Monday."