Black Friday kicks off, but pandemic issues persist
Retailers expected to usher in the start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year, in a closer step toward normalcy.
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Retailers expected to usher in the start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year, in a closer step toward normalcy.
Retailers expected to usher in the start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year, in a closer step toward normalcy.
Some Black Friday shoppers were up early in Massachusetts, hunting for deals, but lingering pandemic-related issues are still casting a shadow over the sales.
Malls and stores report decent-sized crowds, if not the floods of people that used to fight over the latest toys and electronics -- online shopping is much too common for that now, and discounts are both more subdued and spread out over the weeks leading up to Christmas, on both websites and in stores.
Buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings, customers are returning to stores and splurging on all types of items.