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Expectations from last year, but still trying to find good stuff. >> reporter: how has the economy impacted your black friday shopping this year? >> it's cut it back a little bit. i don't think we'll feel it, but mentally, i know it's there. >> reporter: the national retail federation predicts more than 166 million people will make purchases this weekend. the economy and inflation are top of mind, says katherine cullen of the national retail federation. >> we do know that many shoppers, you know, still say "it's important to me to spend and celebrate on holiday and holiday celebrations." that ...

In one day. that is incredible. inflation, though, it is really the elephant in the room for many shoppers. it is cutting into their spending power. they're having to navigate and sort of have a strategy of how they're going to spend. a lot of shoppers that i talked with said that they're really sticking to their budgets and paying more and more attention to those discounts and deals to try to navigate what gifts to buy. still, the national retail federation is upbeat about how this holiday shopping season will turn out. they expect americans to spend 8% more than last year, adding up to 940 b...

Going to buy this year. so, yes, it is a little bit downsizing in terms of buying gifts, not like last year. so, yes, inflation is effecting us. >> reporter: so, it looks like shoppers are sticking to budget this is year. they're looking for deals. they're looking for ways to sort of keep the holiday magic despite the fact that they may have to choose a different product than they would normally choose. overall, the national retail federation is up beat about how the shopping season will go saying americans will spend 8% more than last year adding up to a total of 940 to $960 billion for novem...

And it's cutting some of their spending power. so, many shoppers that i talked to said they're sticking to budgets. they're using discounts and deals to figure out which gifts to give to their loved ones and friends. still, the national retail federation is pretty upbeat about how this holiday shopping season will end up, saying that they believe that americans will spend 8% more than last year, adding up to 940 to $960 billion for the months of november and december. victor? >> people still spending that money. amazon -- let me ask you about this -- the biggest online retailer facing some str...