Shoppers at a Skims store at an outlet mall on Black Friday in Sunrise, Florida, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season Friday with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs.

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