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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Holiday Shopping Starts Early in the U.S. this Year' data-article-id='5108'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8938'>The world has changed in many ways since the coronavirus pandemic struck.</span> <span data-start-time='8938' data-end-time='19354'>Now, you can add end-of-the-year holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being affected.</span> <span data-start-time='19354' data-end-time='28708'>Many retail businesses are launching the holiday shopping season earlier than ever this year.</span> <span data-start-time='28708' data-end-time='39729'>They hope to keep large crowds out of stores and avoid problems when shipping products in November and December.</span> <span data-start-time='39729' data-end-time='52042'>American retail stores like Best Buy, Macy’s, and Target often offer their biggest deals on “Black Friday.”</span> <span data-start-time='52042' data-end-time='59667'>That is the day after the American observance of Thanksgiving in late November.</span> <span data-start-time='59667' data-end-time='66958'>Now, retailers are planning to start offering deals this month.</span> <span data-start-time='66958' data-end-time='81438'>With more people expected to buy products online, retailers are trying to avoid getting a lot of orders in mid-December just before Christmas.</span> <span data-start-time='81438' data-end-time='87667'>That could lead to late gift arrivals and higher shipping costs.</span> <span data-start-time='87667' data-end-time='99458'>Many stores could not keep up with demand when Americans were locked down in their homes during the early days of the pandemic.</span> <span data-start-time='99458' data-end-time='112250'> Online retailer Amazon had to add 175,000 workers to meet demand for products on its website.</span> <span data-start-time='112250' data-end-time='121313'>Black Friday has long been the unofficial start to the holiday season in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='121313' data-end-time='132396'>However, retailers have been trying to get Americans to start holiday shopping earlier for the past 10 years or so.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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demand of early holiday shoppers?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='175,000 '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/175000_.wav'><span>175,000 </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/75000.wav'><span>75,000</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/175.wav'><span>175</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/25000.wav'><span>25,000</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16032 data-hint-location='112250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4581/black_friday_has_been_the_unofficial_start_to_the__blank_.wav'>Black Friday has been the unofficial start to the <span 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