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Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin in the US, shoppers shift online

Zoronews | 28/11/2020 08:27 AM | Click to read full article

In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of people eager to get started on their holiday spending. But these are not normal times: A spike in coronavirus cases is threatening the economy’s fitful recovery from the sudden plunge in the spring. Crowds at stores were dramatically diminished as shoppers shifted online.

Only a trickle of shoppers showed up at Macy’s Herald Square in New York an hour after it opened.

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