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Wal-Mart offers its earliest Black Friday ever

PSU Wed March 7, 2012 365
PSU Wed March 7, 2012 365 by Parker Knight
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That 'Black Friday' rush is coming a little earlier this year, Wal-Mart says. Two hours earlier. The Thanksgiving dishes won't even be done by then. Attention frustrated Black Friday shoppers who can never grab that hot product: Wal-Mart is hoping to relieve some of that anxiety. The world's largest retailer is throwing its doors open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than a year ago. It's also guaranteeing shoppers that it will have three of the most popular items it sells if they line up inside the store during a one-hour event that day. Those who are lined up inside the store between 10 p.

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Duncan MacNaughton

Overall Sentiment: -0.172611

Relevance: 0.213463

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-0.0779082"We know it's frustrating for customers to shop on Black Friday and not get the items they want," said Duncan MacNaughton, ...
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0779082
  • Mean: -0.0779082
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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Additional Info:

Holiday: Thanksgiving Day

Overall Sentiment: -0.124273

Relevance: 0.55099

Disambiguation: RecurringEventReferences:

Holiday: Thanksgiving

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.319288

Company: Wal-Mart

Overall Sentiment: 0.143907

Relevance: 0.822228

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