US economic uncertainty means bigger ‘Black Friday’ discounts

The retail sector’s efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual “Black Friday” shopping day followed by the newer “Cyber Monday.” This year’s big post-Thanksgiving sales day — a custom increasingly adopted in Europe and other markets — comes amid lingering unease over the economy, despite still-low unemployment. […]

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