Willmar, Minn.-area shoppers respond to earlier holiday sales
November 23, 2012 in West Central Tribune
WILLMAR Managers at three Willmar stores were pleased with the early morning turnout of Black Friday customers buying gifts and sale items as the holiday shopping season got underway.
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Retail experts are predicting a strong holiday shopping season in the Dakotas despite a summer of drought, a forecast bolstered by long lines at stores in major cities throughout the two states on Black Friday and even earlier.
WILLMAR Shoppers were going in-and-out of the Willmar Wal-Mart Supercenter all of Thanksgiving Day buying groceries and scoping out locations in the store for the hot items set to go on sale in a wave of bargains that began at 8 p.m. last night.
Today’s edition of the West Central Tribune is filled with all of the Black Friday advertisements, inserts and coupons that shoppers need for the big day.
WILLMAR Black Friday may become Black Thursday as an increasing number of stores, including some in Willmar, join the trend in opening their doors on Thanksgiving rather than waiting to begin the traditional holiday shopping rush on Black Friday.
Jim and Jenica Jackson take 1-year-old Molly Jackson for a walk on a cloudy Friday afternoon in Dickinson
WILLMAR Super shoppers eager to get the Black Friday advertising inserts in the Wednesday West Central Tribune can purchase a copy of the paper starting at midnight tonight. 
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