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published: '2014-11-26T17:50:59.000Z'
modified: '2014-11-26T17:50:59.000Z'
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![Early Black Friday Shopping At A Target Store](https://img.money.com/2014/11/black-friday-deals1.jpg)
*Customers pick up shopping carts containing Element Electronics 50-inch light-emitting diode (LED) high definition televisions at a Target Corp. store opening ahead of Black Friday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013.*

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