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While many Americans sleep off the effects of oversize turkey dinners, Glenn Murphy will mingle with holiday hordes at an outlet mall.

Murphy, chairman and CEO of The Gap Inc., said he and other executives are assessing whether the retail industry's "doorbuster" promotions -- which begin at midnight, only hours after the pumpkin pie is served -- are worth the additional costs and scheduling hassles.

Besides midnight openings at 170 Gap Outlets nationwide, about 90 percent of the company's Old Navy franchises will open at 5 a.m. Friday, traditionally among the busiest shopping days of the year. That's two hours earlier than Old Navy opened last year. Read full article »

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