Holiday shopping season offers mixed bag

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:52 p.m. December 22, 2011
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The data for November's retail sales show Black Friday may have been as dark as the name implies. Violent incidents plagued the shopping holiday and the U.S. Department of Commerce shows sales increased less than expected.

 

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