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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday sales to increasingly frenzied levels. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)
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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours before the start of Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores will remain open for 24 hours nationwide. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours before the start of Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores will remain open for 24 hours nationwide. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: An employee (C) helps shoppers with Toy Story 3 toys at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: An employee (C) helps shoppers with Toy...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours before the start of Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores will remain open for 24 hours nationwide. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers are let into Toys"R"Us 2 hours...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers wait in line to be let into Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers wait in line to be let into...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: An employee (C) helps shoppers with Toy Story 3 toys at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: An employee (C) helps shoppers with Toy...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers wait in line to be let into Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers wait in line to be let into...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
Photo: Michael Nagle, Getty Images
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers with bags of toys leave Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers with bags of toys leave Toys"R"Us...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: A shopper carries a stack of Toy Story 3 toys at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: A shopper carries a stack of Toy Story 3...
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010, in New York City. The stores, which opened nationwide at 10PM, will remain open for 24 hours for Black Friday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers look for bargains at Toys"R"Us on...
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Customers wait in line while shopping at Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Customers wait in line outside Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Customers wait in line outside Best...
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Employee John Vandiver restocks the floor with a 42" television at Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** John Vandiver
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Employee John Vandiver restocks the...
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Customers browse through dozens of flat screen TVs at Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Shoppers Diman Mande (L), Daniel Herfeldt (C), and Sylvia Herfeldt (R) secure a 42" flat screen TVs while shopping at Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Diman Mande;Daniel Herfeldt;Sylvia Herfeldt
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Shoppers Diman Mande (L), Daniel...
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Employee LaTasha Jackson wears a reindeer headband while helping customers at Best Buy on November 26, 2010 in Fort Worth, United States. Shoppers waited in line outside the store overnight in an effort to secure the best deals on electronics when the store opened at 5 a.m. Friday morning. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** LaTasha Jackson
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 26: Employee LaTasha Jackson wears a...
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Target customer Nancy, last name not given, guides her shopping carts with televisions purchased at a Target Store in Colma, Calif. In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping many Christmas lists this year.
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, shoppers grab televisions at a store in Knoxville, Tenn., minutes after it opened. Plenty of Americans are having to hold back this year as the lure of flashy ads, tempting bargains and family expectations clashes with the realities of the economy. Experts in consumer behavior say that situation can strain the brain. Scientists say we are to some extent wired for shopping. It seems to tap into circuits that originally spurred our ancestors to go out looking for food, says Brian Knutson, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University.
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, shoppers grab televisions...
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Nathan Chien, 19, center, and Jackie Lam, 18, second from right, pay for their televisions at the checkout of aTarget Store in Colma, Calif., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The American holiday shopping season began in earnest Friday as stores opened their doors at midnight _ a few hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shopping day of the year.
Photo: Jeff Chiu
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Nathan Chien, 19, center, and Jackie Lam, 18, second from right,...
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Christy Embry, left, and Crystal Coleman wait in a long check out line during the Black Friday sale at Bass Pro Shops, in Memphis, Tenn. A new economic reality and new traditions gave birth to new types of shoppers this holiday 2011 season: the extreme discount bargain hunter, the Black Friday novice, the big returner and the selfish shopper.
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Christy Embry, left, and...
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Black†Friday shoppers rush into Best Buy in North Dartmouth, Mass., early Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Thousands of shoppers lined up at Macy's, Best Buy and other stores nationwide to buy everything from toys to tablets on Black Friday despite the economic downturn and some planned protests of the shopping holiday.
Photo: The Standard-Times, Peter Pereira
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A shopper walks to his car after purchasing a bike at Walmart in Butler Plaza on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Gainesville, Fla. Walmart opened stores on Thursday.
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San Leandro police officers gather evidence at the scene of a shooting at Wal-Mart on Hesperian Boulevard, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in San Leandro, Calif. Gunfire rang out about 1:50 a.m. and a man was shot in a robbery attempt. Despite major injuries, police said he was in stable condition. MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT
Photo: Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska
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San Leandro police officers gather evidence at the scene of a...
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Early bird shoppers watch a Harry Potter movie being shown on a giant screen outside the Best Buy store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio while waiting for the doors to open at midnight on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession.
Photo: Amy Sancetta
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Early bird shoppers watch a Harry Potter movie being shown on a...
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST for the Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST...
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST for the Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST...
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Black Friday shoppers try to control a loaded cart in the parking lot of the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, Wis., on Friday Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: The Post-Crescent, Wm. Glasheen
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Two customers walk with their purchased items after shopping at a Kohl's department store in La Habra, Calif., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Thousands of shoppers lined up at Macy's, Best Buy and other stores nationwide to buy everything from toys to tablets on Black Friday despite the economic downturn and some planned protests of the shopping holiday.
Photo: Jae C. Hong
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Two customers walk with their purchased items after shopping at a...
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Customers shop at a Best Buy store in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Black Friday began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Jae C. Hong
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Customers shop at a Best Buy store in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Nov....
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2011 file photo, Jasmine Rogers shops in a Kmart in Chicago. A new economic reality and new traditions gave birth to new types of shoppers this holiday 2011 season: the extreme discount bargain hunter, the Black Friday novice, the big returner and the selfish shopper.
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2011 file photo, Jasmine Rogers shops in a...
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A customer pays for his purchases inside the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The Toys R Us opened at 9PM offering special deals for holiday shoppers.
Photo: Andrew Burton
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A San Leandro police officer, right, holds a bloody shirt as evidence is gathered at the scene of a shooting at Wal-Mart on Hesperian Boulevard, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in San Leandro, Calif. Gunfire rang out about 1:50 a.m. and a man was shot in a robbery attempt. Despite major injuries, police said he was in stable condition. MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT
Photo: Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska
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This photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, shows Jerald Allen Newman, 54, after his arrest Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at a Walmart store in Buckeye, Ariz. Buckeye police are coming under fire for a video posted online Friday that shows Newman on the floor of the store with a bloody face after police took him to the ground. Police say he was resisting arrest but his wife and witnesses say he was just trying to protect his grandson during a chaotic rush for discounted video games.
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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday sales to increasingly frenzied levels.
Photo: Lynne Sladky
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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a...
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST for Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: The Vicksburg Post, Eli Baylis
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST...
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST for Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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Shoppers line up outside Belk in Vicksburg, Miss., at 2:30 a.m. EST...
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FILE - In this file photo taken, Nov. 24, 2011, a Toys R Us store in Atlanta, Ga., is jammed with early Black Friday shoppers. It’s the holiday shopping season and chances are you'll be logging some quality time at a mall near you. But there’s no need to spend blurry-eyed hours fighting crowds for picked-over bargains. MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT
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FILE - In this file photo taken, Nov. 24, 2011, a Toys R Us store...
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FILE - In this file photo taken, Nov. 24, 2011, a Toys R Us store in Atlanta, Ga., is jammed with early Black Friday shoppers. It’s the holiday shopping season and chances are you'll be logging some quality time at a mall near you. But there’s no need to spend blurry-eyed hours fighting crowds for picked-over bargains. MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT
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FILE - In this file photo taken, Nov. 24, 2011, a Toys R Us store...
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Target customer Nancy, last name not given, waits with televisions purchased at aTarget Store in Colma, Calif., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The American holiday shopping season began in earnest Friday as stores opened their doors at midnight _ a few hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shopping day of the year.
Photo: Jeff Chiu
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Target customer Nancy, last name not given, waits with televisions...
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Black Friday shoppers take a rest at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. MAGS OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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A Black Friday shopper carries purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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A Black Friday shopper carries purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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A Black Friday shopper carries purchases at Northpark Mall in...
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Iris Killingsworth hands off Black Friday purchases to hermother, Bobbie James, at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King
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Iris Killingsworth hands off Black Friday purchases to hermother,...
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Shelby Buquet and Phi Nguyen, friends from Houma, push their items towards the cash register at the Best Buy electronics store during Holiday Black Friday shopping on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 at midnight in Houma, La. Black Friday sales began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight. MAGS OUT
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Shelby Buquet and Phi Nguyen, friends from Houma, push their items...
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Crowds of Black Friday shoppers attempt to push their way through security staff moments after the doors opened outside of Best Buy at the Mall of Americain Bloomingtyon, Minn., Friday Nov. 25, 2011. Several retailers at the Mall, including Best Buy, opened their doors to bargain hunters at midnight Friday.
Photo: Mark Vancleave
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Rhonda Cochran, left, and Tiffany Strickland load bags of Black Friday deals into a car at Bel Air Mall in Mobile, Ala. Retailers are reporting strong sales gains in November, boosted by a discount-fueled spending binge for the start of the holiday shopping season last weekend. Now, the challenge is to keep shoppers spending throughout the most important selling period of the year. MAGS OUT;
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Rhonda Cochran, left, and...
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Emma Howe, left, looks up at her mother, Laurie Howe, as they wait in line at a Kohl's store on Black Friday in Owensboro, Ky. The official kickoff to the holiday shopping season underscored a big challenge to retailers: shoppers will only come out when they believe they're getting a big discount. Stores' own version of the Super Bowl got off to a robust start, helped by early store openings and heavy price cutting. But many analysts worry that the heavy marketing hype that pulled in the crowds will steal some thunder from the rest of the season.
Photo: The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Emma Howe, left,...
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Black Friday shoppers check out at JCPenney at Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Wash., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. MAGS OUT; ; SEATTLEPI.COM OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; USA TODAY OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; TV OUT
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A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the busiest shopping day of the year, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in New York. Some of the nation's major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers on the notoriously busy Black Friday to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry.
Photo: John Minchillo
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A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the...
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A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the busiest shopping day of the year, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in New York. Some of the nation's major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers on the notoriously busy Black Friday to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry.
Photo: John Minchillo
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A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the...
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Lorraine Naranjo climbs onto a shelf to get extra Fischer Price walkers shortly after Kohl's opened at midnight on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Corpus Christi, Texas.Black Friday sales began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Rachel Denny Clow
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Lorraine Naranjo climbs onto a shelf to get extra Fischer Price...
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 photo, shoppers line up in the electronics department at a North Little Rock, Ark., Sears store. A new economic reality and new traditions gave birth to new types of shoppers this holiday 2011 season: the extreme discount bargain hunter, the Black Friday novice, the big returner and the selfish shopper.
Photo: Danny Johnston. File
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 photo, shoppers line up in the...
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Early bird shoppers wait in a long line to get into the midnight opening of an Old Navy store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.
Photo: Amy Sancetta
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Early bird shoppers wait in a long line to get into the midnight...
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, Iris Killingsworth hands off Black Friday purchases to her mother, Bobbie James, at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss. Retailers are reporting strong sales gains in November, boosted by a discount-fueled spending binge for the start of the holiday shopping season last weekend. Now, the challenge is to keep shoppers spending throughout the most important selling period of the year.
Photo: The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, Iris Killingsworth hands off Black...
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A woman takes a break from shopping on Black Friday at Dadeland Mall, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Miami. Early signs point to bigger crowds at the nation's malls and stores as retailers like Macy's and Target opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Lynne Sladky
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A woman takes a break from shopping on Black Friday at Dadeland...
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Robert Drayton uses his smartphone to help him find the right gifts and compare prices at Toys R Us in New York, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shoppers seem to be just as enthusiastic about shopping on their computers and smartphones on Cyber Monday as they were about finding deals over the Black Friday weekend.
Photo: Seth Wenig
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Robert Drayton uses his smartphone to help him find the right gifts...
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Balloons at an Oakland, Calif., Walmart advertise sale prices to shoppers on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Walmart opened their doors before midnight to encourage early shopping.
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Balloons at an Oakland, Calif., Walmart advertise sale prices to...
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Customers shop in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession.
Photo: AP
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Customers shop in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on...
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In this photo provided by Keith and Donna Harris, Keith Harris stands in his garage next to some of the items he bought while shopping all night Thursday and again on Friday afternoon, after a quick nap, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Raleigh, N.C. Harris has been perfecting his Black Friday strategies for the past eight years.
Photo: Donna Harris
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In this photo provided by Keith and Donna Harris, Keith Harris...
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In this photo provided by Keith and Donna Harris, Keith Harris stands in his garage next to some of the items he bought while shopping all night Thursday and again on Friday afternoon, after a quick nap, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Raleigh, N.C. Harris has been perfecting his Black Friday strategies for the past eight years.
Photo: Donna Harris
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In this photo provided by Keith and Donna Harris, Keith Harris s...
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Shoppers look at televisions displayed at a Best Buy store after a midnight opening on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Brentwood, Tenn. Black Friday began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Mark Humphrey
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Shoppers look at televisions displayed at a Best Buy store after a...
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Black Friday shoppers line up outside of a Kmart store in Salem, Ore., early Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: Statesman-Journal, Timothy J. Gonzalez
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Black Friday shoppers line up outside of a Kmart store in Salem,...
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Shannon Hollingsworth is reflected in a mirror as she carries a luggage set at Belk during Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Vicksburg, Miss.
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Shannon Hollingsworth is reflected in a mirror as she carries a...
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Shannon Hollingsworth is reflected in a mirror as she carries a luggage set at Belk during Black Friday sales on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Vicksburg, Miss.
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Shannon Hollingsworth is reflected in a mirror as she carries a...
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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, a Labrador retriever named Russell plays with manager Mallory Eiynck at the Animal Ark No-Kill Shelter in Hastings, Minn. The shelter is aiming to end prejudice against dark-furred pets by holding a “Black Friday” sale. To clear out its backlog of black animals, the Animal Ark No-Kill Shelter in Hastings cut adoption fees in half for any black dog or cat. The sale began Friday and continues through Sunday. MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE OUT
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In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, a Labrador retriever named...
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The line stretched throughout the shopping center as people lined up at Toys R Us in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, for the 9 p.m. opening of the store. Black Friday sales began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Rachel Denny Clow
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The line stretched throughout the shopping center as people lined...
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Balloons at an Oakland, Calif., Walmart advertise sale prices to shoppers on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Walmart opened their doors before midnight to encourage early shopping.
Photo: AP
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Balloons at an Oakland, Calif., Walmart advertise sale prices to...
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A Black Friday shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King
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A Black Friday shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark...
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2011 file photo, Jasmin Garcia checks a sleeping wear price at a Kmart in Chicago. A new economic reality and new traditions gave birth to new types of shoppers this holiday 2011 season: the extreme discount bargain hunter, the Black Friday novice, the big returner and the selfish shopper.
Photo: Nam Y. Huh
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2011 file photo, Jasmin Garcia checks a...
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Black Friday customers shop at Macy's at the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, Wis., on Friday Nov. 25, 2011.
Photo: The Post-Crescent, Wm. Glasheen
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Black Friday customers shop at Macy's at the Fox River Mall in...
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A customer rides an escalator while shopping in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession.
Photo: Andrew Burton
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A customer rides an escalator while shopping in the Toys R Us in...
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A customer rides an escalator while shopping in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession.
Photo: Andrew Burton
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A customer rides an escalator while shopping in the Toys R Us in...
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Customers shop at a Best Buy store in Burbank, Calif. “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, became known as the day merchants turn a profit or operate “in the black.”
Photo: Jae C. Hong
/ AP
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Customers shop at a Best...
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Shoppers look at televisions displayed at a Best Buy store after a midnight opening on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Brentwood, Tenn. Black Friday began in earnest as stores opened their doors at midnight.
Photo: Mark Humphrey
/ AP
Shoppers look at televisions displayed at a Best Buy store after a...
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