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Black Friday:the height of Private Sector Development?

As I flip through TV channels and newspapers, all I see are massive advertisement campaigns of malls, stores and websites opening at midnight of the beloved American shopping tradition of "Black Friday" While many could see this as the sporting event of the year for the shopaholic greed machine--others are asking questions on how far commercialism in the United States is driving change in the way companies are setting precedents for business practices.