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Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:08:26 +0000

An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore's Lithonia, Georgia, location.

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Guns, Fights, Child Abandonment, Death – Black Friday Violence Round-up [VIDEO]

Aaron Galloway — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:34:28 +0000

According to the experts, this year's Black Friday deals were only so-so. But that didn't stop us from the annual violence, fights, and riots that people use as Exhibit A when they criticize America. Here are some of the "highlights."

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Do You Approve of 'Black Friday' Starting on Thanksgiving Day? [POLL]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:28:42 +0000

The big gimmick this Thanksgiving season is retailers beginning their Black Friday sales on Thursday, a day previously reserved for turkey and football with the family. This has understandably annoyed retail employees, who now have to work on what was previously a holiday. It also isn't necessarily winning over consumers.

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Where to Find the Best Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals

Mike Adams — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:21:12 +0000

Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested.

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Turkey Day May Never Be The Same Again

Mike Hendren — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:36:05 +0000

Let the sales begin...on Thanksgiving Day?

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Credit Card Debt Soars After Black Friday — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:35:44 +0000

Retailers reported robust numbers on Black Friday last year, which surprised some analysts because the economy is still struggling and unemployment is high. But new data from the Federal Reserve shows where much of that money came from: credit cards.

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Who Will Actually Be Shopping on Black Friday — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:19:13 +0000

Twenty-four percent of Americans plan to brave the crowds and take advantage of seductive Black Friday savings, according to a survey of 1,168 adults by Poll Position.

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7 Survival Strategies to Having a Happy Black Friday

Shauna Wright — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:14:16 +0000

Chris Hondros, Getty Images

You have your Black Friday ads. You know when the stores open. You even know the most dangerous toys being sold this year. You, sir or madam, are ready to shop.

Or are you? Here are a few mor

Let's Bail Ourselves Out and Occupy a Small Business This Saturday

NewsTalk 1290 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:01:36 +0000

With Black Friday coming up, all eyes are on the big retail chains, and who's going to open earliest. Your Walmarts, Best Buys, Targets - they're the ones who get a ton of press and a ton of sales. If you're sick of it, maybe you can get behind a brilliant new Thanksgiving shopping holiday - Small Business Saturday. American Express is behind it, which is kind of ironic, since they don't exactly scream small business -but here's the idea:

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Recession Looms Large As Black Friday Approaches

Mike Hendren — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:34:56 +0000

Every year retailers ramp up the sales and hope to get into the black (hence the name) on the day after Thanksgiving. Either we are or are not in a recession, depending on who's information you wish to trust

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5 Things You Shouldn't Buy on Black Friday

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:28:00 +0000

Savvy buyers know Black Friday can be one of the best days of the year to find terrific bargains, but not all items are such great deals. In order to better your experience on that infamous shopping day, here are some things you may want to avoid purchasing, along with when you may be able to score the best deals on them.

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10 Fun and Offbeat Etsy Finds For Black Friday

Rose Maura Lorre — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:47:04 +0000

Jessie Hagen/Pamela/IAmButtonGirl, Etsy While the sellers on Etsy.com are probably hoping you'll spend all your Christmas cash on their handicrafts come Cyber Monday, it seems many of them are also aware how much people love a good, live-and-in-person Black Friday sale. How else to explain the site's plethora of Black Friday-themed merch? Arm yourself with [...]

Excited About Midnight Black Friday Sales? Well, Workers Aren't

Shauna Wright — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:26:29 +0000

This year, stores like Target, Macy’s and Kohls plan on beginning their Black Friday sales at midnight on Thanksgiving in order to claim a piece of the retail pie. While this may be beneficial for the company and customers, the workers seem to be getting the short end of the stick.

Target employees in particular are not happy about the change, with one even starting an online petition called ‘Tell Target to Save Thanksgiving’ that’s now been signed by more than 87,000 people.

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Walmart to Beat 'Black Midnight' With 10 p.m. Opening on Thanksgiving Day

Kathy Landin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:05:03 +0000

In the midst of retailers looking to start traditional Black Friday festivities at the first possible moment the Friday after Thanksgiving, Walmart is expected to announce that it will do them one better. The company has decided to open at 10 p.m. the night of Thanksgiving, so its customers can get an “early” start on shopping.

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