Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers Hit Malls
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Dec 24, 2004 - Shoppers some holding out for the best bargains, others delayed by winter storms in the Midwest hit the nation&#39;s malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts on Friday, the day before Christmas.
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The holidays have been in the bag for this luxury retailer.
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Holiday shopping got off to a flying start in the United States this weekend.
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Shoppers swarmed the nation's malls and stores on Friday, even before the sun rose, to grab early bird deals on hot items like flat-screen TVs and DVD players as the holiday shopping season officially began.
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UK shoppers left their Christmas shopping late this year, but there was a seasonal rush in the last 10 days, retailers say.
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With Christmas a little more than a week away, many stores are finding themselves in the same predicament as in recent years: waiting for those last-minute shoppers who seem to be procrastinating even more than a year ago.
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nation&#39;s malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts and snapping up gift cards on Friday, the day before Christmas. Retailers, struggling with disappointing holiday sales throughout the season, were heartened
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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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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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Some surveys find that as of last weekend, consumers had completed less than 15 percent of their holiday shopping.
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With four days left before Christmas, retailers are still waiting for a holiday shopping blitz -- and beginning to worry they won&#39;t hit their sales projections for the season.
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Stores report long queues as shoppers hunt post-Christmas bargains
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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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Walking around a Florida strip mall, it didn't take long to find shoppers doing exactly what police say is the wrong thing to avoid having holiday gifts stolen.
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With less than two weeks of shopping left until Christmas, the nation&#39;s malls and stores stepped up discounts over the weekend, but business appeared to be mixed, according to analysts.
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Holiday shopping got off to a flying  start in the United States this weekend.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Christmas sales came in the nick of  time, saving the holiday selling season for most merchants at  the last minute.