Retailers jostle for Black Friday business
November 24, 2009 at 17:32 PM EST
In Manhattan’s trendy Soho district, Old Navy has a prominent window sign telling shoppers it’s open for business on Thanksgiving Day. Across the street, the British retailer Topshop promises early birds a free English breakfast. This sort of thing has been going on not for days or weeks but months. 2009's holiday season, in fact, could be the industry's most competitive ever.