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Article: Holiday shoppers jam nation's stores for early specials
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- November 27, 2004
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Shoppers swarmed the nation's malls and stores on Friday, even
before the sun rose, to grab early bird deals on hot items like flat-
screen TVs and DVD players as the holiday shopping season officially
began.
Despite freezing temperatures in some places, and huge crowds
everywhere, shoppers came armed with lists, credit cards and game
plans with almost military precision. They created shortages already
in some popular gadget gifts.
With an improving but still challenging economy, several
merchants, including Toys R Us Inc., KB Toys Inc. and Sears Roebuck
and Co., along with mall operator Taubman Centers Inc., reported that
traffic was at least as good as last year. Some stores, like Toys R ...