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Chris Rickert: There are better things to struggle for than door-buster deals

People lucky enough to live in America?s major metropolitan areas have the chance this month to witness two key manifestations of our newly invigorated class war.

….Some retailers can do between 25 percent and 40 percent of their annual sales during the holiday shopping season, according to the National Retail Federation. Indeed, Black Friday takes its name from all the black ink needed to record profits during the holidays, according to Jerry O’Brien, executive director of the UW-Madison Center for Retailing Excellence.