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While thousands of people her age are busy camping out in various Occupy movements around the country, a Florida woman decided to occupy the sidewalk outside her local Best Buy in order to be the first person to be disappointed by the Black Friday offerings on Nov. 25.

Thanks to e-gifting, instant delivery through Facebook, personalized video and even mobile options, gift cards have become unique gift ideas in their own right. According to the National Retail Federation's 2011 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch, holiday shoppers are expected to spend an average of $155.43 on gift cards, the highest amount since 2007 and up from $145.61 last year.

Staples announced that it's working with Gazelle, a consumer electronics re-commerce service, to launch an electronics trade-in program. Through the program, Staples will accept the trade in of used electronics from more than 20 product categories regardless of where they were purchased, according to the company.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is setting its sights on Black Friday, with the goal of "hitting the 1 percent where it hurts — right in the wallet," according to its website StopBlackFriday.com.

It appears that J.C. Penney is a leading yuletide marketing warrior based on the Promoted Tweets it's purchased with terms involving competitor Target with Black Friday only four days away.

eBay announced plans to open its first physical store in London next month. The shop will feature display models of the shopping site’s 200 most popular items, all embedded with QR codes to allow shoppers to instantly find the item online.

San Francisco -- Walmart has the most engaged users across its social media platforms as the days count down to the holiday shopping season, according to a study by the social media and digital analytics company Socialbakers. Walmart has the most number of fans topping the list at over 10 million fans, with over 7,500 fan posts last month, Socialbakers said. The engagement rate represents fan interactions and although Target ties with an average monthly engagement rate, Walmart has nearly double the number of fans who are actively posting. The study finds that retailers with the most Facebook fans

Kouboo.com, launched by the husband-and-wife team of Patrice and Joey Gerber, debuted earlier this month as an online home decorating store for the home, bedroom, bath, kitchen, office, and outdoor and entertainment spaces."Kouboo.com is ideally suited for those seeking a one-of-a-kind, artist-made home décor piece that gives an exotic touch without overwhelming the room or space," said Patrice Gerber, president.The company positions itself as "an accessible, but thoughtful and well-traveled resource where one can find home and living elements that benefit from mixing and blending styles that also achieve balance, and support native materials and traditions," he said.Patrice moved

CafePress has launched the official online merchandise shop for the latest installment in the Twilight franchise, "Breaking Dawn — Part 1," which opened Nov. 18. The e-store, called The Twilight Saga, features exclusive products from the latest film as well as favorite designs from the previous movies.

eBay is extending its holiday marketing campaign to include an event on social networking site Twitter, where it will host a chat about holiday gifting. The eBay Holiday Party takes place between 9 am - 4 pm PST on Monday, November 21. eBay will give away a $100 gift card each hour during the chat and is using the Bumebox.com platform to host the event. Users can go to eBay.com/holidayparty and join the chat by using the Twitter hashtag #eBayHoliday. Each hour will be devoted to a specific category - for example, the chat will focus on "eBay Toys"