Shops rake in billions over holiday
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Just about the last place Mariano Aguirre wanted to be Sunday was Macy&#39;s in Herald Square. But the Washington Heights resident knew he had little choice but to brave the busy aisles.
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Near-record crowds turned out for the holiday shopping seasonâs Thanksgiving weekend kickoff, bringing with them unexpectedly robust sales gains to many malls and retail chains across the country.
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U.S. online retailers posted  holiday sales of $23.2 billion, excluding travel, up a  larger-than-expected 25 percent from the 2003 season, according  to a new survey released on Monday by Goldman, Sachs & Co.,  Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings.
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By Pat Kimbrough, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 9--HIGH POINT -- It isn't just retailers that benefit from the  consumer spending bonanza during the holiday season.
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This year retail marketing campaigns are helping shoppers give to charities.
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LOS ANGELES - Billionaires and multimillionaires are browsing for holiday gifts just like the rest of us, but the unbelievably rich are opening bulging wallets for dream presents that challenge the imagination.
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The pound has received a boost from higher-than-expected retail sales figures for November.
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US retailers are hiring at least an extra 800,000 people to chip in during the holidays, up from 635,900 in 2002, industry data show.
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The serious holiday shoppers were back in the nation's stores and malls over the weekend, buying in earnest but also making sure they came away with great bargains.
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Millions of British consumers are expected to spend Christmas Day shopping online for bargains.
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Last-minute shoppers flocked to the Internet, leading online retail sales to surpass estimates for the holiday season.
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Bright spots for this shopping season include gift cards and robust sales online and at luxury stores. By Anne D&#39;Innocenzio / Associated Press.
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By Alison Hardie senior news writer  FAST fashion took on a new dimension last night with the latest figures showing Britons spent more than GBP 1 billion buying clothes online last year.
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Deb Shops has cash in the bank and more on the way.
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US retailers holiday gift-card sales may have risen to more than $20 billion, topping forecasts and boosting after-Christmas shopping at stores after a lackluster holiday season.
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The closeout retailer reports record Black Friday sales.
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Massachusetts bargain hunters showed up in droves and shopped hard on yesterday's sales tax holiday, buying everything from treadmills and snow blowers to candles and chandeliers, and crediting the 5-percent tax break with bringing them into the stores.