Retailers' post-Christmas push is on
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NEW YORK -- Shoppers headed to malls and stores to grab discounted coats, cashmere sweaters, and other items yesterday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes of squeezing more sales out of what's winding up to be an unimpressive holiday season.
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Retailers hoping for a strong start to the holiday shopping season that gets underway Friday are flashing deals to jolt consumers into spending.
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Consumers are breaking out their wallets on the brink of what should be a robust holiday shopping season, several reports suggested yesterday.
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U.S. retailers were on track to post  solid -- but not spectacular -- sales this holiday after a  last-minute dash to stores saved Christmas, according to retail  indices on Tuesday.
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UK shoppers left their Christmas shopping late this year but there was a seasonal rush, retailers say.
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Christmas sales in Britain appear set this year for another bonanza, but fewer retailers are likely to share in it amid signs consumer spending is wavering, a study said.
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BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- While everyone is busy celebrating Christmas, retailers are the busiest: making reductions and doing promotions, because they know Santa Claus will bring them a fortune too.
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Retailers will have to work hard to achieve sales growth this holiday season because of the slow economy and rising prices, but online shopping should keep clicking, a retail trade association will announce today.
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Retailers made up significant ground in the final week before Christmas after a lackluster start to the holiday shopping season, according to experts who track holiday spending.
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Despite generous discounting and expanded shopping hours earlier in the season, many stores are finding themselves in the same predicament as in recent years: waiting for those last-minute shoppers in the final days before Christmas who seem to be procrastinating even more than a year ago.
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Europe's retailers showed tentative signs on Wednesday of having overcome bleak expectations for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas, even as high street retail stocks in the US tumbled on the back of disappointing performance.
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With just hours to go before Christmas, the nation&#39;s retailers said they hoped a last-minute flurry of holiday shoppers, whether delayed by winter storms or by simple procrastination, would be enough to shore up an otherwise disappointing season.
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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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U.S. retailers were hopeful on Monday that a dusting of snow on the East Coast would put consumers in the Christmas shopping mood after what has so far been a ho-hum holiday sales season.
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Retailers are on track to post solid but not spectacular sales for the holidays after a last-minute dash to stores, according to indicators released yesterday.
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NEW YORK: US retailers kicked off the annual post-Christmas selling frenzy on Monday, hoping that shoppers would flood stores to search for bargains or redeem gift cards and give profits a shot in the arm.
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The holiday shopping season ended better than it started, and most retailers are on track to meet humble sales goals, though many hope for an extra boost the week after Christmas as consumers cash in gift cards.