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JB Pritzker is reported to have won the sum while playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas while on holiday with his wife and friends.

The couple, both 54 and from Hampshire, bankrolled a lavish lifestyle by exploiting vulnerable victims - many in their 70s and 80s - who were desperate to sell their holiday homes.

"We have eight-hour workdays, weekends, holidays, and paid overtime," he tells AFP.

But this year, retailers launched their sales campaigns in October, coinciding with the end of China's Golden Week holiday.

With holiday shopping madness around the corner, Amazon is beefing up its staffing, and announced plans this week to hire 30,000 seasonal workers at its distribution centers in California.