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Department store events

Kenneth Cole New York (all locations):
Black Friday Madness — 41 percent off all merchandise during the first four hours of store opening and 31 percent off after that, Nov. 27-29.
Tiffany & Co. in Palm Beach:
Blue Book Collection — Jewelry presentation, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Dec. 2-5.
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THE GAME PLAN: For Debbie Donnelly-McLay (left) and Marcia Pinto, the day’s plan is created based on the importance of items, when stores open and the location of each store. In the Boynton Beach Mall, they split up so they can get more things. (BRUCE R BENNETT/Staff Photgrapher)

Study up, grab a partner and make sure you have some caffeine

When she was 15 years old, Debbie Donnelly-McLay spent a year in Brazil, learning about the culture as part of an exchange program through her local Rotary club.

Seven years ago, when her Brazilian host mother, Marcia Pinto, came to visit her in the United States, Donnelly-McLay decided to return the favor by giving her “adopted mother” an all-American cultural experience: Black Friday shopping.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching – instead of mall-hopping – on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.

The leading network for TV shoppers promises special deals and a healthy dose of new items for sale starting on Thanksgiving night. Program host Dave James plans to stay awake for 28 hours of telethon-like coverage.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, called “Black Friday” because it’s key for many businesses to go in the black, or turn a profit. QVC, which competes with ShopNBC and the HSN home shopping network, has not wanted to get caught up in the frenzy and has always treated it as just another day for its sales pitches, said Doug Rose, the network’s vice president of programming and marketing. Read the full story