Market Insight and Analysis. You're listening to the opening bell of CNBC, Squawk on the Street.

Good Friday morning. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl

Kentineo and David Faber, Sarah Eisen at the New York Stock Exchange. Kramer has the morning off.

As Becky said, it is a shortened session for stocks today, but plenty to watch as the holiday season officially kicks off.

US equities on pace for their fourth consecutive weekly gain

and on pace for one of the best November's in 100 years.

A roadmap's going to begin with retail's big holiday hopes.

Retailers kicking off the holiday shopping season with a cautious outlook.

Meantime, Amazon facing strikes in the U.S. and Europe on this Black Friday.

Plus, Invinia shares are moving lower ahead of the U.S. and Europe on this Black Friday.

Plus, InVinier shares are moving lower ahead of the open.

The chipmaker reportedly telling customers in China that it is the laying launch of a new artificial intelligence chip that it is designed to comply with U.S. export rules.

And ceasefire, a tentative four-day agreement between Israel and Hamas, appears to have taken hold,

setting the ground for a staggered hostage and prisoner release.

Let's begin in classic Black Friday fashion with an eye on retail. Investors watching

what is typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year for signs of more cautious

consumer spending going into the holiday season.

I think page one of the time, Sarah, is retailers worry about holiday shoppers' mood.

And yet NRF is expecting best turnout as we look at some live shots of malls since 2017.

20201 was the really strong year for holiday spending, according to the NRF.

Those numbers were up 12.7%.

2020 spending was up 9%.

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