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    WalMart Gears Up for Holiday Markdowns

    The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners.  Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.

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    What Happens to Thanksgiving Overseas?
    1. 1:38WalMart Gears Up for Holiday MarkdownsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:14Thanksgiving Overseas
    3. 41:11Bobby Is Last Role for Famed Ambassador Hotel
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Pallavi Gogoi

      Contributing writer to BusinessWeek

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    What Happens to Thanksgiving Overseas?
    1. 1:38WalMart Gears Up for Holiday MarkdownsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:14Thanksgiving Overseas
    3. 41:11Bobby Is Last Role for Famed Ambassador Hotel
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