In Annual Rite, Shoppers Mob Holiday Sales
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Across the country on Friday, millions of Americans rushed into malls, downtown shopping streets and discount stores.
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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. Impatient shoppers chanted "open the door" before a 5:00 a.m. opening at a Wal-Mart store in Union, New Jersey.
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The holiday shopping season is in full swing and for those of us who  reach for the mouse, rather than the mall experience, a worldwide  network of cyber-criminals lie waiting to steal our holiday cheer and  hard-earned dollars.
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'Door-buster' deals inspired thousands to set their alarms, sending 'Black Friday' sales up 6 percent over last year.
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One in four revelers regifts during the holiday season. No finger-pointing, please.
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Merchants who spent the past few weeks hoping shoppers would splurge on gifts opened their doors Sunday with high hopes the same people would now spend on themselves.
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Booksellers are enjoying brisk business since the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, with sales starting the week of Thanksgiving up sharply over 2003.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The hunt is on. As more shoppers scour the Internet for holiday deals, they're also being stalked -- by scammers.
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Across the country, initiatives are sprouting to push commerce out of Christmas and focus on tradition.
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To most weary shoppers, it&#39;s known as Black Friday, the semiofficial start of the holiday retail season. But to hundreds of regional residents and countless others worldwide
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Shoppers swarmed America&#39;s malls and stores yesterday, even before the sun rose, to grab early-bird deals on such hot items as flat-screen TVs and DVD players as the US holiday shopping season officially began.
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Record sales discounts are predicted on the High Street as retailers try to recoup low Christmas profits.
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While the rest of the world is madly dashing around doing holiday shopping, I am up a tree. An olive tree, to be exact. I work the annual harvest.
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As customers flock to buy brightly colored baubles and flashing lights, some church leaders hope the new interest in Christmas will lead to interest in Christianity.
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Consumers are breaking out their wallets on the brink of what should be a robust holiday shopping season, several reports suggested yesterday.
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Americans stormed the nation&#39;s stores on the day after Thanksgiving, the traditional start of the key holiday shopping season, lured by cut-price toys, consumer electronics and Santa.
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WHETHER it's bright flashing lights or a garden grotto Ipswich householders have gone to town this year with a cornucopia of Christmas displays.