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Local stores move opening hours earlier for Black Friday shopping

Waking up early for some of the best deals of the holiday shopping season may be on its way out. Now, it?s a matter of staying up.

“It’s a huge day,” said Jerry O’Brien, executive director of the Center for Retailing Excellence at UW-Madison. “There’s too much risk for a retailer not to jump on board (a midnight opening) right now.”