Guest editorial: The holiday shopping season
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While economic policymakers like to chew over weighty issues like current accounts deficits and overnight funds rates, the truth is that the economy rests heavily on everyday
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Believe it or not, there&#39;s only 75 days remaining until the frenzied shopping season cranks to life, and no, we&#39;re not talking about holiday gift-giving.
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Travel: Gear up for a Christmas spending spree with a spot of online window shopping.
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Food, friends, and elf figurines add up. Here's some advice on how to handle the holiday tab.
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Retailers need to prepare for the second retailing season that follows Dec. 25.
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The generational divide becomes apparent as families start to think about gift-giving holidays. Advice for shoppers of all ages.
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As post-Christmas retail results began trickling in yesterday, this much became clear about the 2004 holiday shopping season: Consumers procrastinated; they gobbled up gift cards; they defected
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As post-Christmas retail results began trickling in yesterday, this much became clear about the 2004 holiday shopping season: Consumers procrastinated; they gobbled up gift cards; they defected, in greater numbers, from stores to the Web; and, overall, they appeared to spend more this year than last.
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In fact, more than half of people in a recent survey (51 percent) said they&#39;d done holiday gift shopping while on vacation, spending an average of $2,000.
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The holiday shopping season is ending on a better note than it began, and most retailers are on track to meet humble sales goals. Still, retailers hope for a boost the week after Christmas as consumers cash in gift cards.
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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, the nation&#39;s retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again.
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Just as surely as shoppers unwrap their presents, they will return or exchange a gift they couldn&#39;t wear or tolerate. The never-enjoyable experience has become less jolly this holiday season because retailers
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TORONTO (CP) - With the economy in good shape, interest rates low and about 200,000 new jobs created this year, Canadians have increased their holiday shopping budgets and should be ringing up good cheer for long-suffering retailers this month.
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To most weary shoppers, it&#39;s known as Black Friday, the semiofficial start of the holiday retail season. But to hundreds of regional residents and countless others worldwide
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This is the season for giving, and merchants and children alike encourage it.
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No, apparently it's not too early to think about holiday shopping. Gateway, HP and others are prepping new PCs for store shelves...
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The department store chain is gaining momentum going into the holiday season.