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Loop-based ShopperTrak, which, as the name alludes to tracks how people shop has good news all around regarding this past weekend of shopping insanity. This year, because of all those insane Black Friday deals (not vibrator giveaways) foot traffic across increased to 594 million store visits, up over 8.2% last year. With that, sales would have obvi increased... and they did increase 2.7%. [Crains]