NEW YORK — Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, when the promise of one-time bargains caused people to leave Thanksgiving tables for malls where some customers got into fistfights over toys or TVs. But the event still has enough enthusiasts to make it the biggest shopping day in the U.S.

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Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, but the event still has enough enthusiasts to make it the biggest single shopping day in the U.S.

This year's traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season comes as companies navigate an uncertain economic environment

Many have absorbed some of the costs from the Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods and pulled back on hiring instead of raising prices for customers

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