At China's huge malls, high prices and few shoppers
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Empty malls are one indicator of the country's overheating economy.
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Early openings, deep discounts and resurgent department stores appeared to give merchants at the mall an edge over discount retailers during the holiday weekend.
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As income and spending increases, cosmetics are still difficult to sell in many parts of China.
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Larger sellers are benefiting from discounts that for the first time in the siteâs history treat high-volume merchants better than mom-and-pop sellers.
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The nation's shoppers  -  taking advantage of deep discounts and expanded hours  -  jammed stores over the last weekend before Christmas to try to grab a hard-to-find Wii or scoop up bargains on other items
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With less than two weeks of shopping left until Christmas, the nation's malls and stores stepped up discounts over the weekend, but business appeared to be mixed, according to analysts.
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China says it faces serious power shortages as severe winter weather causes unusually high demand.
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Tourist guides warn visitors that personal space is not highly valued in China, where bumping, barging and queue-jumping is an acceptable facet of daily life.
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Something odd happened on the way to global recovery. The shoppers are not turning out the way they normally do when things start to look up.
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(New York) Nov. 27, 2004 - Shoppers hoping to beat the holiday rush at a toy store in the Big Apple got more than they bargained for.
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Higher costs in China could spell the end of an era of ultra-cheap goods.
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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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In this inland port city of over 8  million, sprawled out on the banks of the Yangtze river,  China's grand hopes of a consumer boom are palpable.
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China on Sunday took aim at price manipulators and hoarders of goods, as Beijing ramped up its campaign to rein in inflation which is running at its highest level in more than a decade.
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Seeing a gray market overseas for high-end handbags, retailers limit sales of expensive bags to three per person.
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Business & money: Bargain-chasing shoppers force stores into heavy price discounting after slowest Christmas sales growth in three years
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Some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.