As Christmas shopping nears climax, "New Europeans" sink deeper in debt
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Driven by Christmas shopping fever and growing hunger for material goods, Europeans in former communist states are putting aside a historic aversion to taking out loans as their spending habits change and a new generation of debtors takes root.
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NEW YORK - Struggling with disappointing seasonal sales, the nationâs retailers remained on edge - wondering if they would get the big surge in last-minute Christmas spending they needed to meet holiday forecasts.
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Europe&#39;s financial policy makers issued their strongest warnings yet about the dangers of a swooning dollar, and the dollar promptly sank to a new low against the euro.
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Europe's retailers showed tentative signs on Wednesday of having overcome bleak expectations for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas, even as high street retail stocks in the US tumbled on the back of disappointing performance.
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Millions of British consumers are expected to spend Christmas Day shopping online for bargains.
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Retail sales unexpectedly fall in December as consumers rein in their Christmas spending.
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Across the country, initiatives are sprouting to push commerce out of Christmas and focus on tradition.
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The dollar is taking a drubbing, but that's good news for the power shoppers from overseas, who are spending their money in malls across America
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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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German retail sales took an unexpected tumble in November, denting hopes for a noticeable pick-up in consumer spending in the eurozone's biggest economy, where chronically weak domestic demand remains the main stumbling block to recovery, any time soon.
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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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Christmas can&#39;t come soon enough for the nation&#39;s retailers, but this year, it also might not come strong enough. High energy costs, rising interest rates, and consumer unease about threats
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New Yorkâs chic shopping districts seem to be teeming these days with foreign tourists taking advantage of the weak dollar. Foreign retailers are now joining them.
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Reports that shoppers are leaving it late in the hope of finding festive bargains may be borne out by new High Street data.
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It pays to get up early in a country  where even the most basic goods are disappearing from shop  shelves.
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Santa Claus is facing tough times in Europe. So, for that matter, are the Virgin Mary, Joseph and even baby Jesus.
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Shoppers expecting big, across-the-board price cuts in the run-up to Christmas may be in for an unpleasant surprise.