stores open for 100 hours to attract shoppers

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Some stores are ending the holiday shopping season the same way they began it - with round-the-clock, marathon shopping hours.

Kohl's for the first time is staying open for essentially five days straight, from 6 a.m. on Friday through 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

Macy's and Kmart are opening some of their stores for more than 100 hours in a row from Friday through Christmas Eve. And Toys R Us is staying open for 87 hours straight starting on Saturday, which is typically the second biggest shopping day of the year.

The expanded hours in the final days before Christmas are reminiscent of how some retailers typically begin the season on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday. The strategy comes as stores try to recoup lost sales during a season that's been hobbled by a number of factors.

[Alkene]

1. "...hobbled by a number of factors.

...many Americans have been struggling with stagnant wages and other issues."

You know, American retailers, it really doesn't matter how much time you give me, or how convenient it is to shop- if I can't get decent work, and don't even get paid enough to even get by, I sure can't afford to buy a bunch of your crap to give away at Christmas.

I've seen the austerity, now where's the recovery?

[hobbit709]

2. You got it.

What I've seen here is the stores aren't any more crowded than usual. And you don't see people come out with overloaded carts.

[B Calm]

3. I prefer to shop on line.

[Shrike47]

4. I've already got everything I'm going to buy, most of it bought on line.

Frankly, you don't sell much that I want to buy.