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Retailers see longer-lasting Black Friday crowds
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp
Retailers at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City benefited from so many stores opening at midnight, seeing the initial rush of shoppers last longer.
At Macy's, the initial heavy flood of shoppers continued from midnight until about 1:30 a.m., but this year the store continued to be packed until about 3 a.m., said Dennis Witte, district vice president of Long Island West.
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