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15:56 November 28th, 2008

Recession Sells: The Mall at Prince George’s

Posted by: Michele Gershberg
Tags: Shop Talk, , ,

These Black Friday pictures were taken at the Mall at Prince George’s in Maryland by our Washington correspondent Diane Bartz. The parking lot was full, full, full and lots of shoppers walked into stores. But when they walked out, they weren’t carrying too many bags.
 
Check out the line of cars:

 

But what did you buy? Not much, apparently…

 

 

 

 

One comment so far

That’s strange, where I was shopping I’d never seen so many good deals and people were buying. Perhaps an interview with those people leaving in the pictures would be a more factual story. They could have been employees.

- Posted by DAN

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