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Black Friday? Around the world, bargain hunting takes many other forms

Business, Economics and Jobs

As Americans hit the malls this Friday, we asked some folks around the globe about the equivalent to Black Friday in their country. What we found is a many similarities, but not many places that do it quite the American way.

Want a Warhol for your wall? Go to Costco

Arts, Culture & Media

Small town in New York reveling in new, community-owned department store

Business, Economics and Jobs

Black Friday at ‘The Community Store’

How Britain is Making it Easy for Chinese Tourists to Spend Money

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Protecting small businesses in Spain

Conflict & Justice

Spain’s Catalonia region has policies protecting small local businesses from big chains and malls. But now the European Union says those rules are illegal. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on the big chain-local business debate in Barcelona.

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