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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/bigsign630.jpgPeople shop at Target on Thanksgiving Day in Burbank, California. Black Friday kicked off at a more civilised hour this year, a move welcomed by some of the shoppers. Target Corp and Toys’R’Us have moved their openings earlier into the Thursday night. Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/boss630.jpgBest Buy general manager Brendan McKeon speaks to employees prior to the store's Black Friday shopping frenzy in San Francisco, California. Black Friday is traditionally the busiest shopping day in the US. Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/4girls630.jpgMembers of the social media team at the Mall of America, Bloomington, Minneapolis, who are tweeting locations of parking spaces on Black Friday for shoppers. Many retailers are trying to lure shoppers away from the internet, where they have increasingly been spending their cash to avoid Black Friday madness, and back to the stores using smartphone apps and social media. Photograph: Tim Gruber/The NewYork Times
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/peopleatbarrier630.jpgHoliday shoppers wait outside Best Buy in preparation for the shopping spree during Thanksgiving in San Francisco. Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/toysrus630.jpgPeople line up on Thanksgiving night, “Black Thursday”, for the sale at Toys'R'Us in Times Square, New York. The store got a head start on Black Friday by opening their doors at 8pm the evening before. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Getty Images
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/arch630.jpgShoppers wait to enter a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving night in Naples, Florida. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/macystar630.jpgShoppers rush through the doors at a Macy's store in New York on Black Friday. Discount store shoppers are prepared to wait in long lines today, though they are sceptical over whether they'll get the best deals of the season. Photograph: Peter Foley/Bloomberg
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/macyblur630.jpgAnother view of the shopping madness at Macy's. Photograph: Peter Foley/Bloomberg
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/trolley630.jpgA woman with her empty trolley enters Target after it opened on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, California – an early opening for the Black Friday phenomenon. Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/handbags630.jpgCustomers rush to investigate purses for sale at Macy's. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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Splashing the cash
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/cash630.jpgA shopper counts his cash before paying for merchandise at a Best Buy store in Peoria, Illinois. Photograph: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
