Black friday News
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Black Friday may be the pinnacle of consumerism, with millions of people seeking sought after discounted goods, but for many workers this time of year highlight some of the downsides of precarious forms of employment.
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Black Friday has morphed into something more than a one-day event. It's now nearly an entire week of shopping and deals.
Ray Wimer, an assistant professor of retail practice at Syracuse University, says the holiday has lost a bit of its "uniqueness."
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Black Friday shoppers have spent more than $3.5 billion online.
The deals have never been steeper.
The demand for discounts and rise of online shopping could be a problem for some retailers if they fail to adjust their strategies.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD warns in a recent report that rising private debt loads in Canada as well as the UK and South Korea pose a risk to further growth. The three lead the world in household debt.
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Wantagh -
On November 25, Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot threw a big "Black Friday" celebration at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall for an excellent turnout.
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Wantagh -
Big Shot front-man Mike DelGuidice chatted with me about his Black Friday concert at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall on November 25.
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Mobile payments have been around for some time, but in the United States, they're expected to triple in 2016 to over $27 billion in mobile payment transactions, according to eMarketer.
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Microsoft has revealed that record numbers of gamers took the day off work to try out hit new titles on their Xbox consoles this Black Friday. The company observed a 196 percent increase in total playtime over the same Black Friday week last year.
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New York -
Smaller crowds and fewer unruly bargain-hunters made the start of the holiday shopping season seem almost civilized, reports from around the country appear to indicate.
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Cards Against Humanity, the self-proclaimed "party game for horrible people," has an unusual Black Friday deal: It's asking people to give it $5 to receive absolutely nothing in return.
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And the IMF has a point. The Fed may be anxious to raise rates but for all their talk they haven’t rolled out the data to back that position.
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Amazon has announced that it will be celebrating its 20th birthday this month by launching a one-day sale extravaganza featuring more products on offer than are available on Black Friday. The catch is that the deals will only apply to Prime members.
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'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' was the best selling title for all consoles during the Black Friday weekend, based on sales data.
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Black Friday will be upon us soon. Many fellow Christians will be out there shopping. But are they shopping for the right gifts?
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Findlay -
Christians in Findlay, Ohio, are preparing to celebrate Christmas this holiday season, along with believers around the world. Some are handing gospel tracts to store clerks, feeding the hungry and sharing the message of the Bible with prisoners.
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A woman attacked 20 people with pepper spray to get ahead of others to be the first to have a chance to buy an Xbox on Black Friday at her local Walmart. A boy was trampled by shoppers attempting to buy a video game.
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Based on the long lines, maddening crowds, and general human insanity observed in stores across the U.S. last month on Black Friday, consumers clearly still have a passion for finding deals in this post-Thanksgiving retail ritual.
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Recession-weary shoppers used smartphones and tablet computers to home in on the best deals, but the 2013 Christmas shopping season still got off to a disappointing start, analysts say.
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Bloomington -
A man who says he was just trying to spread holiday cheer ended up being arrested on Black Friday for "making it snow" dollar bills onto the heads of Mall of America shoppers.
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Avon -
This year’s Black Friday was a resounding success financially, but protests raged across the nation. Activate CT organized one such protest in Connecticut. Two of the organizers discuss the protest in detail with Digital Journal.
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How did American shoppers deal with Black Friday madness? Find out why some doctors are bumping fists instead of shaking hands. The double suicide of an elderly French couple has provoked emotional debate across the world. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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If you plan on searching YouTube for viral videos of crazed shoppers toppling over one another to get into a store, you may be sightly disappointed this year.
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Toronto -
Police conducted several raids, arrested 21 people, and seized more than $6.5 million worth of counterfeit goods including drugs, cosmetics, electronics, and transit tokens.
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For some reason, certain businesses in Spain have decided to follow the US tradition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, in trying to get shoppers to spend plenty of "dinero" before the festive season.
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On Thursday a police officer responded to a call of alleged shoplifting at a Chicago store. The officer shot the driver of a car that was dragging another cop.
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This year's "Brown Thursday" and "Black Friday" events have been riddled with chaos and violent altercations. One example is a fight over a parking space in Virginia that ended in a man being stabbed.
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For some, Black Friday just hasn’t been worth braving the angry crowds to save a few bucks in the past few years. But online retailers open the sales up for even the most crowd-phobic among us. Get your coupon codes, right here.
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Black Friday is shortly around the corner and the deals are coming. Make sure you do not miss out on the latest consumer electronics price cuts. These deals apply to Canada and United States residents only.
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Labor Day, as a meaningful and impactful holiday, has been stolen from us. But the new labor movement in the United States could take the bold move and steal the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. We could rename it Labor's Day.
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HP and Intel are teaming up this holiday season to deliver some nifty hardware at rock bottom prices. More specifically, the HP Mesquite will be the featured item in several major retailers.
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This year, Black Friday started earlier than ever, with some retailers opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation With permission by Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
File photo: Shoppers line-up outside an Apple Store on Fifth Ave. in New York Joakim Jardenberg (CC BY 2.0)
U.S. President Barack Obama shops with daughter Malia at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington, November 30, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Mary F. Calvert
Customers shop for Christmas ornaments at a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles With permission by Reuters / Kevork Djansezian
Cards Against Humanity, a party game "for horrible people" Brett Jordan
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A shopper carries an Apple product at The Grove mall in Los Angeles November 26, 2013. This year, Black Friday starts earlier than ever, with some retailers opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation With permission by Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
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File photo: People shop at The Grove mall in Los Angeles. About 140 million Americans were expected to shop over the Black Friday weekend, according to the National Retail Federation With permission by Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
U.S. President Barack Obama shops with daughter Malia at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington, November 30, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Mary F. Calvert
A young girl looks up at a toy sales display in a JC Penney store during Black Friday sales in New York With permission by Reuters / Lucas Jackson
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