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I frequently cover Target’s shopping events as an associate reporter for NBC Select, and I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Black Friday Target deals actually worth shopping. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday Target deals | More Black Friday Target sales | Best Black Friday sales at other retailers | How I picked the best Black Friday Target deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday Target dealsI found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. Best Black Friday Target salesHere are the best early Black Friday Target sales to know about. I’m an associate reporter for NBC Select who has covered deals and sales for two years now.

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I regularly cover big shopping events as a contributor for NBC Select, combing through the best deals and prices to present shoppers with the very best Black Friday TV deals — as a TV tester and reviewer, I know what’s really worth buying and what’s best left on the shelf. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday TV deals | Black Friday TV accessories | More Black Friday TV sales | How I picked the best Black Friday TV deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday TV dealsI found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. 4.8-star average rating from 167 reviews on Best BuyThis 65-inch Samsung TV has a near-perfect review score on Best Buy, and a steep discount in this year’s Black Friday TV deals. More Black Friday TV salesHere are the best Black Friday TV sales to know about.

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☆ Return fraud is costing retailers billions. A new AI program can spot when scammers send back counterfeits.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Return fraud costs retailers billions, with billions lost globally. Amazon and other retailers face scams exploiting return policies for financial gain. French luxury brand Lacoste is using Vrai, an AI technology developed by Cypheme, a leader in anti-counterfeit artificial intelligence, to catch scammers returning counterfeit items. Some companies have even received boxes full of bricks after customers banked refunds for items like televisions. US retailers lost a little over $100 billion in return fraud, or around $13.70 for every $100 returned, up from $10.40 per $100 in 2022.

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☆ For big-box retailers, one of the longest-running experiments is shrinking
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Target, Macy's, Nordstrom, and others have experimented with small format stores over the past decade. For Ikea, the smaller format stores are part of bringing the brand to where their customers are. Two more smaller format Ikeas opened this autumn, one in Alpharetta, Georgia, and the other in South Charlotte, North Carolina, bringing the total to 11. "The move to smaller stores is logical when we look at the layout of the large-format stores. Macy's has been trying to break free from the mall with smaller format stores for their Macy's and Bloomingdale's brands.

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I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Black Friday Apple deals actually worth shopping — deals I would shop myself. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday Apple deals | Best Black Friday Apple accessory deals | Best Black Friday Beats deals | More Black Friday Apple sales | How I found the best Black Friday Apple deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday Apple dealsI found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. Best Black Friday Apple salesHere are the best Black Friday Apple sales to know about. For this piece, I researched early Black Friday deals across retailers to find notable deals on Apple products and accessories.

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I frequently cover shopping events as a commerce editor for NBC Select, and I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Black Friday kitchen deals actually worth shopping. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday kitchen deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday kitchen deals in 2024I found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. 4.6-star average rating from 50,231 reviews on AmazonI absolutely love everything I’ve ever purchased from Nutribullet, including this powerful space-conscious blender. Best Black Friday kitchen salesHere are the best Black Friday kitchen sales to know about.

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I’ve been covering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals as an editor at NBC Select for four years, and I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Amazon Black Friday deals actually worth shopping. SKIP AHEAD Best Amazon Black Friday deals | More Amazon Black Friday sales | Best Black Friday sales at other retailers | How I picked the best Amazon Black Friday deals | Why trust NBC Select? 4.6-star average rating from 90,277 reviews on AmazonCrest 3D Whitestrips are one of our favorite at-home teeth-whitening products. Best Amazon Black Friday salesHere are the best Amazon Black Friday sales to know about. All the deals I recommend are at least 20% off and highly rated with at least a 4.0-star average rating from hundreds of reviews.

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Black Friday is officially here, and retailers are offering notable laptop deals during the event. I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Black Friday laptop deals that were actually worth shopping. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday Laptop deals | More Black Friday Laptop sales | How I picked the best Black Friday Laptop deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday Laptop dealsI found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. Best Black Friday Laptop salesHere are the best Black Friday Laptop sales to know about.

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Black Friday is officially here, and retailers are offering notable budget-friendly deals under $50 during the event. I’ve been covering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals as an editor at NBC Select for four years, and I spent weeks combing through discounts to find the best Black Friday deals under $50 actually worth shopping. SKIP AHEAD Best Black Friday deals under $50 | More Black Friday sales under $50 | How I picked the best Black Friday deals under $50 | Why trust NBC Select? Best Black Friday deals under $50I found, vetted and wrote about every deal I recommend below. Best Black Friday sales under $50Here are the best Black Friday sales under $50 to know about.

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Like rural communities across the country, Celina is seeing a housing boom that made it America’s fastest growing city in 2023. With more than 200 people moving there each week, the city projects it will have more than 100,000 residents by 2029. “Southern Collin County is just getting really, really, really expensive. Keeping Celina relatively affordable has also been a challenge for local officials with the typical home now selling for around $550,000. As land prices go up in Celina, developers like Plute’s Swindell are looking even further north to be able to build homes in the $300,000 price range.

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The FBI is investigating several bomb threats targeted at several Connecticut Congress members and a pint-size pup wins the National Dog Show. Getty ImagesFive of Connecticut’s lawmakers say they were targeted with bomb threats on Thanksgiving day, though no bombs were ultimately found. Pug love at the National Dog ShowPug at The National Dog Show. National Dog Show contestants are judged based on overall appearance, temperament and structure according to their breeds’ official standards. Staff Pick: Why the 1978 Village People song “YMCA” is topping the chartsThen-President Donald Trump dances to the song "YMCA" following a campaign rally at Erie International Airport in Erie, Pa, on Oct. 20, 2020.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Advance Auto Parts, Robinhood, chip equipment makers and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Chip equipment stocks — Global chip equipment stocks rose on news that the Biden administration is considering further sanctions on sales of semiconductor equipment and artificial intelligence memory chips to China that could be less strict than earlier proposals. Advance Auto Parts — Shares dropped 7% after credit rating agency Moody's Ratings downgraded the auto parts company's senior unsecured debt to Ba1, below investment grade, according to FactSet. Hasbro — Shares jumped 2% after Elon Musk floated the prospect of acquiring the toymaker to secure the rights to Dungeons & Dragons. Zeta Global Holdings — The marketing software stock climbed 5.5% after the company's CEO called a recent short seller report "erroneous" on CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday. Crypto stocks — Stocks tied to the price of bitcoin rose as the cryptocurrency climbed closer to the $100,000 milestone.

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☆ The top 10 things to watch in the stock market this Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The top 10 things to watch Friday, Nov. 29 1. (Anything above a plus 4% would indicate the market is overbought; anything below a minus 4% would indicate the market is oversold.) Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe top 10 things to watch Friday, Nov. 29

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☆ Store-brand stuff is having a moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementShoppers are still buying store brands at the grocery store and beyond to save money. Retailers from Walmart to Amazon Fresh have launched new store brands this year. Shoppers are still reaching for store-brand items to save money on everything from organic milk to business casual clothing — even as inflation slows. AdvertisementCircana said store brands made up 25.5% of grocery items sold in 2023, up from 24.7% the previous year. AdvertisementAldi quality tests 35,000 products a year for its store brands, Patton said.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: MicroStrategy, Applied Materials, Robinhood and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The stock has seen massive gains this year, surging more than 515%. Chip equipment stocks — Shares of chip equipment stocks moved higher on a report that the Biden administration is considering more restrictions on sales of semiconductor equipment and artificial intelligence memory chips to China that may be less strict than expected. Walmart , the country's largest retailer, rose more than 0.2%, while shares of Target and Costco , advanced 0.6% and 0.3%, respectively. Robinhood — The brokerage firm climbed 3% premarket, continuing a postelection rally, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the creation of a 24-hour stock exchange by startup 24 Exchange, paving the way for round-the-clock trading. Zeta Global Holdings — The marketing software company rose 5% after its CEO said Wednesday on CNBC's "Closing Bell" that a recent short seller's report was "erroneous."

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☆ The Evening: Holiday Shopping Got Off to a Cautious Start
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Justin Porter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Shoppers headed into Black Friday weekend searching for deals and being choosier about their spending, retailers said, even as data suggested that consumer spending was still strong. Early data on online spending released today showed consumers were being drawn to discounts. Shoppers spent $6.1 billion on Thanksgiving, according to Adobe Analytics, around a 9 percent increase over last year. The spending patterns are separating retailers into winners and losers. Walmart is emerging as one of the winners, reporting that its U.S. sales had increased 5 percent in its most recent quarter.

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☆ From flavor drops to new shapes, how Kraft Mac and Cheese is trying to maintain its dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —With Kraft Mac & Cheese’s latest product, the 87-year-old brand is taking a page from hip streetwear companies. Available Friday exclusively on Walmart’s website, Kraft is selling just 15,000 boxes of its limited-edition everything bagel flavor. For the past three decades, Kraft Mac & Cheese has been sold in more than 40 licensed designs, ranging from “Rugrats” to “Spongebob Squarepants,” targeting families with younger children. Now that these kids have grown up with the brand, Kraft is gradually adding designs to attract young adults. Kraft Mac & Cheese released new shapes targeted at young adults.

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☆ As retailers enter the holiday shopping season, the winners are pulling away from the pack
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Target , Kohl's and Best Buy each reported disappointing third-quarter results as early holiday deals fell short of meaningfully boosting their businesses. Choosy consumers have made the gulf between successful and struggling retailers even more stark heading into the holiday shopping season, said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail. That's a smaller year-over-year increase than the 3.9% jump from the 2022 to 2023 holiday season, when spending totaled $955.6 billion. Dick's and Abercrombie both hiked their full-year outlooks this week and said they expect a strong holiday shopping season. Kohl's warned it will have a deeper-than-expected drop in sales and announced a change in CEO ahead of the crucial shopping season.

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