HOLIDAY SHOPPING PROS HIT THE MALLS FOR BLACK FRIDAY.Byline: PATRICIA PATRICIA Practical Algorithm To Retrieve Information Coded In Alphanumeric PATRICIA Proving and Testability for Reliability Improvement of Complex Integrated Architectures PATRICIA PApilloma TRIal Cervical cancer In young Adults FARRELL AIDEM Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- The sales started at midnight and got stronger as the day went on. Never mind merchants' efforts to push up the shopping season to early November -- Friday was the real start of the holiday mall frenzy. Laden with shopping bags, Irma and Efrain Gutierrez plodded from Mervyn's in Valencia before 8 a.m. They'd braved the crowds and the 50-foot-long lines, happy to have saved some significant cash by getting a jump-start on the day. One bag had a collection of plastic Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. bottles stuffed with men's boxers featuring the beer company logo. The eye-catching gifts were next to the line, perfect for the impulse market. ``For the grandkids' stockings,'' Efrain said. ``I hope they don't think we think they can have beer, though,'' Irma added, regarding the underage boys. Across Magic Mountain Parkway at the Westfield Valencia Town Center Westfield Valencia Town Center, formerly Valencia Town Center, is a shopping mall in Valencia, California, owned by The Westfield Group. Its anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears. The Robinsons-May was renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006. , lines began forming at 4 a.m. when the Disney Store opened with all sorts of deals. ``It's crazy,'' mall marketing director Jalena Warner said later in the day. ``We have got a mad rush coming through.'' J.C. Penney and Sears opened at 5, followed by Macy's at 6 in an after-Thanksgiving shopping rush that gets more extreme each year. By 7 or 8, there were lines out the door. ``I was in front of Victoria's Secret For the Sonata Arctica single, see Victoria's Secret (song) Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of high quality lingerie and beauty products.[2] and there was a woman there who dropped all seven of her bags,'' Warner said. ``I got someone to help her out to her car; then she came right back inside and said `Let's keep shopping.''' While the day after Thanksgiving is reputed reputed adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not correct. to be the traditional start of the holiday season -- dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. Black Friday Black Friday, Sept. 24, 1869, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. In 1869 a small group of American financial speculators, including Jay Gould and James Fisk, sought the support of federal officials of the Grant administration in a drive to corner the gold because it's key to yearly profits -- the busiest shopping day of the year has become the Saturday before Christmas. Apo Yessayan, owner of Classic Design Jewelers on Valencia Boulevard said that's definitely true for his store. ``The trends are changing,'' Yessayan said. ``In the past, people used to shop right after Thanksgiving, but the trend we see is the closer we get to Christmas is when we get busy -- especially the men. They wait for the 22nd, 23rd, sometimes the 24th.'' pat.aidem@dailynews.com (661) 257-5251 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Alfonso Baltazar of Sylmar and his daughter, Samantha, take a break from shopping at the Valencia Town Center shopping mall on the day after Thanksgiving, which is traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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