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Wal-Mart worker killed in Black Friday shopping stampede in New York state (Guardian Unlimited)
An employee at Wal-Mart was killed yesterday when "out-of-control" shoppers broke down the doors at a sale at the discount giant's store in Long Island, New York. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man and at least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries following the incident. ...
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Holiday shopping season off to a modest start (Delaware County Times)
NEW YORK - The Thanksgiving shopping weekend may not have been the disaster some had feared, but unprecedented discounts and tempered buying likely resulted in overall soft sales as a buying binge on Friday quickly fizzled. Now, online retailers are ramping up deals to turn skittish shoppers into "Cyber Monday" spenders.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-01 06:07 PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - Dec 1 (Interactive Investor)
Dec 1 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in the New York Times business pages on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Sales in the nation's stores were strong over the weekend, to the relief of retailers that had been expecting a holiday shopping period as slow as the overall economy. * Now that the government has spent nearly $1.4 ...
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New York full of unique holiday shopping options (Asheville Citizen-Times)
NEW YORK – Some 11 million people visited New York City last year between October and December, according to NYC & Company, the city's marketing and tourism organization. Even if that number drops this year due to the economy, you're likely to find Manhattan plenty crowded over the holidays.
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UPDATE 2-US retail stocks fall on holiday shopping worries (The Forex Market)
NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Key retail stocks fell on Monday as investors feared that deep discounts offered by U.S. stores during the year's first holiday shopping weekend could sap profits and would not save a bleak season.
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Holiday shopping season off to a modest start (Detroit News)
NEW YORK -- The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but consumers' tempered buying and stores' unprecedented deep discounts are likely to result in sales that at best met retailers' low expectations.
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Holiday shopping season off to a modest start (The Spokesman-Review)
NEW YORK — The Thanksgiving shopping weekend may not have been the disaster some had feared, but unprecedented discounts and tempered buying likely resulted in overall soft sales as a buying binge on Friday quickly fizzled.
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U.S. holiday shopping off to modest start (Toronto Star)
NEW YORK – The Thanksgiving shopping weekend in the U.S. doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but consumers' tempered buying and stores' unprecedented deep discounts are likely to result in sales that at best meet retailers' low expectations.
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Holiday shopping season off to a modest start (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but tempered buying and unprecedented deep discounts likely resulted in soft sales.
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'Black Friday' stats show more shopping (UPI)
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Statistics show the 2008 Christmas shopping season got off to a flying start in the United States with spending reaching an estimated $41 billion.
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