Retailers anxious for last-minute turnout
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NEW YORK - Struggling with disappointing seasonal sales, the nationâs retailers remained on edge - wondering if they would get the big surge in last-minute Christmas spending they needed to meet holiday forecasts.
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With just two weeks to go until Christmas the nation's retailers should be getting worried that consumers have been slow to rev up the pace of their holiday shopping, industry experts said Monday.
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Reports that shoppers are leaving it late in the hope of finding festive bargains may be borne out by new High Street data.
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With Boxing Day falling on a Sunday, retailers reported more modest crowds than in the past at annual discount sales. But they expect to do brisk business this week, as many Canadians will not return to work until the new year.
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Last-minute shoppers may have helped retailers save a holiday shopping season that got off to a sluggish start, pouring into stores the week before Christmas and continuing their buying frenzy the day after the holiday.
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NEW YORK -- With a weak back-to-school season behind them, the nation's retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again. That could mean some quick merchandise changes and more aggressive discounting than they originally planned.
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Retailers hailed a âfantasticâ last-minute Christmas shopping rush tonight amid predictions of the dayâs sales topping the Â£1 billion mark.
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Many state and local officials are making last-minute efforts to limit or reverse the rollout of new machines in the November elections.
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Local election officials are bracing for a long night and delays that may prevent some states from reporting final tallies until early Wednesday.
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The 2004 holiday shopping season turned out to be a bumpy one, with last-minute shoppers giving some retailers solid results but other storeowners struggling to a disappointing finish.
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Shoppers &#151; some holding out for the best bargains, others delayed by winter storms in the Midwest &#151; hit the nation's malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts and snapping up gift cards on Friday, the day before Christmas.
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Stores report long queues as shoppers hunt post-Christmas bargains
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Christmas sales came in the nick of time, saving the holiday selling season for most merchants at the last minute.
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Online retailers say they are ready to deliver goods to Christmas shoppers who waited until the last minute.
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If you venture out today, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, expect to see lots of people, few parking spaces -- and a fair number of mark-downs at big retailers.
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Last-minute shoppers who hoped to beat the flood of Christmas-crazed gift buyers woke before dawn every day this week and arrived at retailers the moment they opened.
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NEW YORK (CP) - US shoppers - some holding out for the best bargains, others who just didn&#39;t have the time to do their holiday buying earlier - hit the country&#39;s stores and malls Friday, looking for last-minute gifts on the day before Christmas.