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As the hours tick down to Black Friday, the most-hyped shopping day of the year, the big question is about safety more than spending after last year's trampling death at a Wal-Mart.

Debt stress could be the Grinch this Christmas

Retailers seeing signs of a good ‘Black Friday’

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Holiday ‘pop-up’ stores are going upscale

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