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 Americans eager to exploit early-bird specials are any guide.
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Bargain hunters who could not wait till the traditional Boxing Day sales have been busy online during Christmas Day, retailers say.
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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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You can learn a lot from a holiday shopping bellwether.
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Bright spots for this shopping season include gift cards and robust sales online and at luxury stores. By Anne D&#39;Innocenzio / Associated Press.
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n Overall fourth-quarter retail sales this year are expected to be 6.5 percent higher than last year&#39;s -- the biggest increase since 1999.
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NEW YORK -- With just seven weeks to go before the traditional start of holiday shopping, retailers' hopes for an upbeat season are suddenly brighter.
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Holiday sales are expected to rise,   though at a slower rate than last year as consumers fret about   the declining housing market, according to a National Retail   Federation economic forecast on Tuesday.
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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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The Internet holiday shopping  season got off to a hotter start this year, with "Cyber Monday"  the top day ever for online sales and the long Thanksgiving  weekend a busy time for browsing ahead of buying, both online  and in stores, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Sales on America's busiest shopping day of the year could exceed last year, retail experts believe.
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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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By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--As the holiday shopping season heads into its final days, the appeal of hitting your keyboard for gift-getting only gets brighter.
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As the holidays approach, Christmas spirit is a bargain-hunting essential.
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called &quot;Black Friday&quot; because retailers hope it will kick off hot seasonal sales that will put them in the black for the year â-s alive and well in the Jupiter area.
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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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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."