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Bargain-hunting shoppers turned out in droves for Black Friday markdowns, but they didn't open their pocketbooks as widely as last year, according to several retail firms tracking the data. As a result, retailers are only cautiously optimistic heading into the mainstream holiday season, including today's Cyber Monday, and experts believe that many stores will likely have to revamp promotions and discounting plans to ensure that inventories will be cleared by Christmas. (See pictures of people shopping on Black Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Black Friday, Doubts Grow About a Shopping Uptick | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...lessons from Black Friday are already sinking in. Shoppers showed that "they're thriftier, they're savvier and every one of them wants to be the best bargain hunter out there," said John Squire, chief strategy officer for Coremetrics, a Web marketing firm, in a statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Black Friday, Doubts Grow About a Shopping Uptick | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that 195 million people visited stores and websites over the Black Friday holiday weekend, up from 172 million last year. However, shoppers spent less, with average spending dipping 8%, to $343.31 a person from $372.57 a year earlier. Total spending over the holiday kickoff weekend reached $41.2 billion, up only slightly from $41 billion a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Black Friday, Doubts Grow About a Shopping Uptick | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Here are the 10 top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo. We list the estimated totals for both the weekend (Friday-Sunday) and the five-day Thanksgiving frame (Wednesday-Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box Office: New Moon Takes a Hit on The Blind Side | 11/29/2009 | See Source »

Vampires, werewolves and dewy teen girls continued their profitable prowl through the multiplexes, as The Twilight Saga: New Moon was No. 1 for the long holiday weekend. The second film in the Twilight quartet racked up $42.5 million for the usual Friday-to-Sunday frame and $66 million during the five-day Thanksgiving span. The Stephenie Meyer phenomenon has now taken in $230.7 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates. That makes it, after just 10 days, the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2009. New Moon has amassed even more abroad, $243 million, which suggests it will cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box Office: New Moon Takes a Hit on The Blind Side | 11/29/2009 | See Source »

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