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Retailers’ Thanksgiving sales cut Black Friday crowds

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Black Friday shoppers pour into the Valley River Center mall for the Midnight Madness sale Friday in Eugene, Ore.

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The National Retail Federation says holiday sales, including online, will rise 4.1 percent to about $586.1 billion this year, compared with a 5.6 percent gain in 2011. Online sales expected to gain 12 percent to $96 billion this year, three times as fast as total sales.

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