black friday

It is no secret that the upcoming holiday weekend is traditionally a big one in terms of shopping, and this year is no exception. Six in 10 Americans are expected to hit the stores Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, according to a survey released on Nov. 20 by the National Retail Federation (NRF).

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Obama administration will promote health insurance coverage at shopping malls starting on Black Friday and continuing through the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, officials announced Wednesday. They said more than 462,000 people selected a private insurance plan in the first week of 2015 enrollment through the online marketplace HealthCare.gov.

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By this time next year, retailers in New Jersey could be banned from opening their doors before 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

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According to preliminary data, Black Friday online sales rose 9 percent.

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Emotions ran high as did the crowd size for Gray Thursday and early Black Friday shoppers around New Jersey.

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The good folks at Digg.com have put together a seven minute compilation of Black Friday insanity that should be required viewing for anyone who is going to join the shopping crowd this weekend.

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'Tis the season for holiday shopping, as well as bargains and bargain hunters. With that, motorists are being warned to use caution in busy parking lots and garages.

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Yesterday, we took a number of calls from listeners outraged that more and more retailers in New Jersey are opening on Thanksgiving and forcing their employees to come in on the holiday. I don't like it either, but it's their right in a free, capitalist system to choose to do so.

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Would you go shopping on Thanksgiving? The Menlo Park Mall is betting you would. They will be open on 8pm Thanksgiving night, and won't close until 10pm on Black Friday.  

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Employees in the retail industry are reacting to the fact that more stores are starting to offer their biggest deals on Thanksgiving Day, as 'Black Friday' becomes a term of the past.

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