This year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a lot of people decided to skip the malls and shop on Main Street.

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This was flooded out, so they upped sticks and moved to the mid-Wales town of Machynlleth where they opened a shop on the main street.

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There is simply too much "negativism" here, says Ms. Barry, co-owner of the Wharf Shop, a toy and gift store on Main Street.

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She had been on duty with two other female members of staff in the Main Street shop when the two men attempted the robbery.

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