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SHOPPING STRETCH [Albuquerque Journal, N.M. :: ]

Jessica Dyer / Albuquerque Journal – Black Friday: It just isn’t like it used to be. No longer does the day after Thanksgiving serve as the standard launch of the holiday shopping season. More than 40 percent of Americans start gift-buying before Halloween, according to a recent National Retail Federation survey, and many retailers decked their halls weeks ago.

Black Friday also is not the end-all, be-all for deals. Yes, door-busters abound for certain items, but scintillating sales crop up for weeks on either side of Thanksgiving.

Men are buying up these $1,200 sneakers

Kathryn Vasel / CNN MONEY – They can be colorful, shiny, blinged out and even fuzzy. And they’re showing up on men’s feet around the world.

Luxury spending is slumping this year, but one area continues to have a strong foothold: shoes. And while designer shoes tend to conjure up images of red-bottomed stilettos and pointy leather heels, much of the current demand is for men’s sneakers in flashy styles.

Shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti, who launched his first sneaker in 2012, said the demand for high-end kicks surprised him.

Griffin: Sarasota’s UTC mall a Tampa-Orlando mashup

Justine Griffin / Herald-Tribune – I knew when I strolled down the aisleway at the Mall at University Town Center for the first time earlier this month — looking past the empty, half-completed storefronts and the plywood panels on the floor — that the mall looked and felt familiar.

So I traveled to Orlando and Tampa to get a feel for Taubman Centers’ other properties in Florida, the ones that have had the greatest influence on the look, feel and tenant mix on Southwest Florida’s newest retail hub.

Will Jimmy Choo’s IPO make the shoes less chic?

Catey Hills / MarketWatch – We hate to stomp on your stiletto-fueled dreams, but Jimmy Choo shoes — which shot to popularity when they were featured on HBO’s hit show “Sex & the City,” as well as on the heels of celebs and royalty — may lose some of their cachet in the near future, some analysts say.

On Tuesday, luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo announced that it would pursue an initial public offering later this year. Company owner JAB Holdings seeks a company valuation of around $1 billion and plans to sell at least 25% of Jimmy Choo at the end of October. The company, which plans to open between 10 and 15 stores a year, sees Asia as a strong growth market.