All posts tagged "black friday"

  • Shoppers carry bags as they cross a pedestrian walkway near Macy's in Herald Square, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in New York. The early numbers aren't available yet on how many shoppers headed out to stores on Thanksgiving, instead of waiting until today. But it's expected that more than three times the number who shopped yesterday will be out bargain-hunting today.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    How Black Friday played out around the country

    NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday, the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season, isn’t always what people expect. In Colorado, for instance, marijuana stores got into the act. In Arizona, families skipped the spending frenzy to...

    • Posted November 27, 2015
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  • Protestors gather inside of the Westlake Center in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, to protest the Ferguson grand jury decision. More than 200 protesters, some chanting "Black Lives Matter!" tried to disrupt Black Friday shopping and downtown Seattle's traditional Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Police turned out in force, arresting five people, and a downtown mall closed early. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
    Ferguson protesters disrupt Black Friday shopping across US

    FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Demonstrators temporarily shut down three large malls in suburban St. Louis on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday, as other rallies were held nationwide to protest a grand jury’s...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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  • Shoppers crowded the Galleria market in Koreatown Thursday. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    Holiday shopping season starts

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Thousands of Southern Californians headed to malls to continue the tradition of searching for Black Friday bargains on the customary start of the Christmas shopping season. The Thanksgiving Weekend Expectations survey conducted for the...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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    Holiday Burdens from Korea

    “Can you go buy a Gucci bag on Black Friday and ship it to Korea?”   Korean Americans often become reluctant shoppers at this time of the year For those Koreans who live in the United States, it’s...

    • Posted December 3, 2013
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