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Target's Black Friday to start at 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day

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Shoppers waiting for a Target to open at midnight on Black Friday last year. This year the stores will open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Target announced Monday it will open at 9 p.m. Thanksgiving evening, the earliest it's ever started its Black Friday sales. Last year, Target opened at midnight on Thanksgiving night. "We heard from our guests that they look forward to kicking off their holiday shopping with deal-hunting on Thanksgiving night," said Kathee Tesija, executive vice president, merchandising, for Target. "Opening at 9 p.m. gives Target's Black Friday guests a more convenient way to create an after-dinner shopping event that the entire family can enjoy." But Target (TGT, Fortune 500), the nation's No.

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Brad Wilson

Overall Sentiment: 0.0298633

Relevance: 0.347993

SentimentQuote
-0.213718"Wal-Mart is taking items they're going to lose money on and not limiting the inventory like every store has forever," Wilson said. ...
-0.0919663"Wal-Mart is taking items they're going to lose money on and not limiting the inventory like every store has forever," Wilson said. "I doubt anyone else will try to match that. It'll hurt Wal-Mart less than anyone else because their scale and margins are better."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.3056843
  • Mean: -0.15284215
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Erin Bix

Overall Sentiment: 0.35191

Relevance: 0.31445

SentimentQuote
0.110805"Black Friday offers will be available online on Thursday. We wanted to have the balance to give our employees time with their loved ones on the holiday," said Bix.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.110805
  • Mean: 0.110805
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Kathee Tesija

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.261576

SentimentQuote
0"We heard from our guests that they look forward to kicking off their holiday shopping with deal-hunting on Thanksgiving night," said Kathee Tesija, ...
0.0438478"We heard from our guests that they look forward to kicking off their holiday shopping with deal-hunting on Thanksgiving night," said Kathee Tesija, executive vice president, merchandising, for Target. "Opening at 9 p.m. gives Target's Black Friday guests a more convenient way to create an after-dinner shopping event that the entire family can enjoy."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0438478
  • Mean: 0.0219239
  • Standard Deviation: 0

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  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

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Company: Wal-Mart

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Relevance: 0.786163

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Overall Sentiment: 0.266218

Relevance: 0.359038

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Overall Sentiment: 0.45549

Relevance: 0.333843

Company: Apple

Overall Sentiment: 0.241931

Relevance: 0.319433

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Holiday: Thanksgiving

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