16 photos show how unhinged Black Friday shopping used to be

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A woman passes by a shop announcing Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving in New York City November 24,2017.
A woman passes by a shop announcing Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving in New York City November 24,2017.

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Why the holiday shopping season is longer than ever this year

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Holiday shoppers at a crowded Roosevelt Field Mall on November 25, 2022, in Garden City, New York.

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TikTok Shop's Black Friday drove $100 million in US sales and users viewed over 30,000 livestreams

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A TikTok Shop host sells to the app's users during a livestream.
A TikTok Shop host sells to the app's users during a livestream.

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Record amount of buy now, pay later purchases expected on Cyber Monday, with many coming from shoppers' phones

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Buy now pay later sales are expected to break a record on Cyber Monday.

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Amazon's jump-start to the holiday shopping season has even roped in Costco this year

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An Amazon worker moves boxes on Amazon Prime Day on July 11, 2023 in the East Village of New York City. Amazon holds the annual two-day event, where it offers shopping deals to Prime customers, in the middle of the summer. Amazon Prime Day has brought an estimated 10 billion dollars to the company in each of the last 3 years, as customers look to take advantage of discounts and quick shipping.

Amazon's Prime Big Deals might surprise you this October

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An Amazon worker moves boxes on Amazon Prime Day on July 11, 2023 in the East Village of New York City. Amazon holds the annual two-day event, where it offers shopping deals to Prime customers, in the middle of the summer. Amazon Prime Day has brought an estimated 10 billion dollars to the company in each of the last 3 years, as customers look to take advantage of discounts and quick shipping.

American consumers won't save the economy in 2024 and their wild holiday spending spree was a 'last hurrah', Wells Fargo says

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Shoppers have their receipts and carts checked by an employee as they exit from a Costco store in Alhambra, California, on August 19, 2019/
Shoppers have their receipts and carts checked by an employee as they exit.

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I compared TJ Maxx locations in the suburbs and the city. The prices were the same, but the shopping experiences couldn't have been more different.

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TJ Maxx.

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Hallmark-style holiday markets are tiny examples of how much better our cities could be

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People visit Union Square holiday market as Christmas approaches on December 19, 2022 in New York City.
People visit Union Square holiday market as Christmas approaches on December 19, 2022 in New York City.

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Walmart workers reveal the best and worst parts of working the holiday season

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A Walmart employee staffs the cash register.
A Walmart employee staffs the cash register.

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