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Journal photo / Mary Murphy
Rob Verdecchia, merchandising manager at Best Buy in Warwick, greets his friend, Daniel Rodriquez, as Rodriquez enters the store after standing in line for the store to open at 5 o'clock this morning for Black Friday discount shoppers. The store allowed 20 people at a time to enter as the line snaked from around the back of the building. Retailers were fearing that the day after Thanksgiving, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, could be the weakest in decades.

An Associated Press report this morning said:

It was clear that despite the crowds that showed up for the discounts, shoppers' worries about the economy - massive layoffs, tightening credit and dwindling retirement accounts - tempered buying. More ...

 Tags  Best Buy Black Friday economy shopping Warwick

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