{
  "id": 18678878,
  "title": "Black Friday Escapes the Calendar and Heads for Your Wallet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/black-friday-escapes-the-calendar-and-heads-for-your-wallet",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-07T09:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2026/black-friday-escapes-calendar-moves-toward-your-wallet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Black Friday has developed a scheduling problem. It keeps arriving before Friday. The official date this year is Nov. 27, followed by Cyber Monday on Nov. 30. But retailers are already warming up the discount machinery. Apparently, consumers need several weeks to prepare for the urgency of buying something immediately. With Amazon and Walmart running […] The post Black Friday Escapes the Calendar…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}