Retailers have modest start to holiday shopping
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The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending, but consumers faded by the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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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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Consumers kept a closer eye on their wallets as they moved into the holiday shopping season, boosting their spending by a modest 0.2 percent in November.
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Excitement on Friday as the holiday shopping season got underway cooled before the weekend&#39;s close as cautious shoppers browsed and let many deals pass.
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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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Bargain hunters got a sluggish start but finally hit the slushy streets yesterday, alongside snow plows and sand trucks, to give retail sales an extra bump this holiday season.
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Retailers expect the day after Boxing Day to be busier as bargain hunters continue the chase for cut-price items.
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The holiday shopping season is off to a running start, according to surveys released this weekend, though it was still unclear how that will impact retailers' profits.
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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 still hope for an extra boost the week after Christmas as consumers cash in gift cards.
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U.S. stocks may not extend their recent rally much further this year, even though the holiday shopping season took off with a busy start as retailers lured consumers with deep discounts.
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Retailers generally had a good showing as the Christmas shopping season began last weekend, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dampened the holiday mood with a lump of coal as it reduced its projected sales.
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With just hours to go before Christmas, the nation&#39;s retailers hoped a last-minute flurry of holiday shoppers, whether delayed by winter storms or by simple procrastination, would be enough
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The retailer posts modest gains in total sales and comps.
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Retailers got what they wanted over the Thanksgiving weekend &#151; a strong start to the 2006 holiday shopping season as consumers crowded stores in search of huge discounts on flat-screen TVs and other hot merchandise.
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The nation's retailers had a disappointing start to the holiday season, reporting sluggish sales for November as a much hoped-for surge in Thanksgiving weekend business failed to materialize.
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The retail sector overall may be reporting a sluggish start to the season, but holiday shoppers are scooping up iPods, DVDs, digital cameras and other tech goods at a brisk pace -- and they
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US shoppers are starting to get into the holiday spirit, with indices on Tuesday showing sales picking up with only 10 shopping days until Christmas.