Update 12: Bargain Shoppers Get Early Holiday Start
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Bargain shoppers, many of them braving chilly temperatures, woke up before dawn to head for the nation&#39;s malls and stores Friday, the official beginning of the holiday shopping season, hoping to take advantage of early bird specials on a range of items
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With less than two weeks of shopping left until Christmas, the nation's malls and stores stepped up discounts over the weekend, but business appeared to be mixed, according to analysts.
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Sales at United States retailers, including JC Penney and Target, got a boost on the first weekend of the US holiday-shopping season as customers bought discounted retail goods.
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Shoppers headed to the nation&#39;s malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Sunday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes of squeezing more sales out of what&#39;s winding up to be an unimpressive holiday season.
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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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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.
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After jamming malls on Friday for discounted flat-screen TVs and toys, shoppers clicked onto their computers at work Monday as retailers ushered in the start of the online shopping season with bargains and marketing hype.
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The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending, but consumers faded by the long Thanksgiving weekendâs close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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Retailers benefited from a last-minute holiday shopping spree, putting them on track to meet modest seasonal sales goals, two groups that track consumer spending reported Tuesday.
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It was cold, it was dark and in some places it was foggy. None of that would stop millions of bargain-seekers from climbing into their cars for a pre-dawn raid on their local malls, electronics retailers and discounters for the official start to the holiday season.
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Many online merchants this year will still sell goods with standard shipping terms through Monday, Dec. 18, or Tuesday, Dec. 19, a boon for late holiday shoppers.
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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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Holiday shoppers, intent on finding bargains, descended on the Washington region's malls this morning, joining a nationwide shopping spree that has come to be known as Black Friday.
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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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In what may be the earliest holiday shopping season ever, Wal-Mart plans to offer big discounts this Friday, three weeks before retailers traditionally start their holiday sales efforts.
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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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Millions of British consumers are expected to spend Christmas Day shopping online for bargains.