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Today is Black Friday, which means we have officially entered sale season. And let’s get real here: Thanksgiving is great and all — you get to stuff yourself full with turkey and all the fixin’s while being surrounded by friends and family — but we’re here for the sales. And Black Friday isn’t even just…
Thanksgiving and Black Friday come every year, in good economic times and bad. Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner explained in 2011 why Americans should not be cajoled into working on a day that’s supposed to be all about family. Macy’s flagship store in New York’s Herald Square and the more than 800 branches around the country…
When Aimee Brittain’s team hits the stores in a commando-like fashion on Thanksgiving night in search of Black Friday deals, they’ll stand out from the crowd in their matching bright blue shirts. They’ll scatter when they hit the store, and the shirts will help them see each other quickly. It’s different for the Goldman sisters….
The Black Friday shopping frenzy kicked off at a more civilized hour, with shoppers welcoming decisions by retailers such as Target Corp and Toys R Us Inc to move their openings to Thursday night. They also seemed to show little concern that the U.S. economy could be pushed over a “fiscal cliff,” if a combination…
