Net, Schmet: Shoppers Flock to Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The question that matters to Wall Street is not whether the stores are crowded this "Black Friday," but whether they're more crowded than they were last year.

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Yes is the answer, according to the anecdotal post-holiday romp by this Mall Rat. Cars are backed up four deep just to enter the parking garage at The Westchester Mall, the tony shopping spot here that is anchored by Nordstrom (JWN Quote), and is located blocks away from Saks Fifth Avenue (SKS Quote) and Bloomingdales, a division of Federated Department Stores (FD Quote). ...