Shoppers Spent More Cash Over Thanksgiving Weekend: Nrf

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Sun, 11/27/2011 - 12:39pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More people headed to stores and websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and average spending per person rose 9.1 percent as bargain-hunting shoppers scooped up discounts on everything from gadgets to hoodies, a National Retail Federation survey on Sunday showed.

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