Wal-Mart $5 Barbie, Doorbusters to Fuel Black Friday
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Vanessa Gomez, a 44-year-old mother of two, walked through a J.C. Penney Co. store last week in Queens, New York, took in the discounts of as much as 70 percent -- and walked out empty-handed.
“I’ll wait until Friday,” said Gomez, a secretary from the Ozone Park section of Queens, referring to so-called Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving consumer event that kicks off the holiday shopping season.