Holiday Shoppers Seek Black Friday Bargains
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The leftovers have been packed away, the turkey coma overcome with a long winter's nap and now begins the Second Great Overindulgence: holiday shopping, with all the crowds and crack-of-midnight lines and credit card temptations associated with the day after Thanksgiving.
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Holiday shoppers rushed the doors of  apparel retailers, including Aeropostale Inc. , over the  U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, anxious to snag some of the best  deals of the year, but the sharp discounts could hurt the  companies' bottom lines.
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U.S. retailers were hopeful on Monday  that a dusting of snow on the East Coast would put consumers in  the Christmas shopping mood after what has so far been a ho-hum  holiday sales season.
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Retailers opened their doors before the sun rose yesterday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, tempting early risers with specials on a variety of items including flat-screen TVs and toys.
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Merchants are slashing post-holiday prices even deeper, hoping to squeeze the last bit of sales from a shopping season that many retailers are finding unimpressive.
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TORONTO (CP) - Millions of Canadians juked, weaved and bobbed through the masses of bargain-hunters at shopping malls and big-box stores Sunday, hoping to snag a Boxing Day deal.
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Retailers got what they wanted over the Thanksgiving weekend &#151; a strong start to the 2006 holiday shopping season as consumers crowded stores in search of huge discounts on flat-screen TVs and other hot merchandise.
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Stores report long queues as shoppers hunt post-Christmas bargains
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U.S. retailers kicked off the annual post-Christmas selling frenzy on Sunday, 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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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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This year's "Black Friday" could be the strongest opening to the holiday shopping season in years if the droves of Americans eager to exploit early-bird specials are any guide.
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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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Retailers may be in for a blue Christmas this year as worries about soaring energy prices, consumers' cost-consciousness and a warmer December than last year make for lackluster holiday sales, retail analysts said.
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With the 2007 run-up to Christmas boosted by a last-minute sales surge, retailers are putting an extra emphasis on after-Christmas discounts, hoping bargain shoppers and gift-card splurgers can enrich stores' holidays.
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Early birds get bargains Treasure Coast shoppers get their holiday money&#39;s worth on the biggest shopping day of the year. By Charlie Reed.
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The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes that a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fallen below even modest expectations
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Shoppers swarmed the nation's malls and stores on Friday, even before the sun rose, to grab early bird deals on hot items like flat-screen TVs and DVD players as the holiday shopping season officially began.