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Black Friday: Expert shopping tips

Originally published: November 14, 2011 4:27 PM
Updated: November 15, 2011 10:29 AM
By NINA RUGGIERO  ninamarie.ruggiero@newsday.com

Photo credit: iStock | Roosevelt Field Mall's area director of mall marketing, Kathleen Herrmann, gives Black Friday shopping tips.

Battling crowds, staying up all night, working off a turkey dinner running around the mall with shopping bags in hand. . . Black Friday isn't for the weak.

It's Kathleen Herrmann's 16th holiday season working for Simon Malls, and although she will report to work at 3 a.m. on Nov. 25, the area director of mall marketing at Roosevelt Field says Black Friday is the "best day of the entire year."

Roosevelt...