Holiday Shopping
Latest Holiday Shopping News
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CES Unveils Big TVs With 'Ultrahigh Definition'
average of $364 on flat-screen TVs during the recent holiday shopping season, according to research firm NPD Group. Hampering inches or bigger, up from 9 percent in 2012. And this past holiday shopping season, Americans were much more attracted to these
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Armed Guards Sent to Patrol Schools in Los Angeles, Phoenixto patrol area schools today. He had previously used the group to help bolster security at area malls during the heavy holiday shopping season, and to scope out undocumented immigrants living in the county. Arpaio said it wasn't only the Newtown, Conn
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Fewer Excited Gun-Buyers in Colo. and Conn.
uses these numbers as an indicator of how well the gun business is doing. Background checks typically spike during the holiday shopping season, and some of the increases in the most recent FBI numbers can be attributed to that. But the number of background
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US Job Market Shrugs off Fears of 'Fiscal Cliff'
Manufacturing is benefiting from the best auto sales in five years. And Americans spent more at the end of the crucial holiday shopping season. "There is little doubt that the seeds of faster growth are being planted," James Marple, an economist at TD
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Business Highlights
8212;— Retailers report higher December sales NEW YORK (AP) — A last-minute surge in spending saved the holiday shopping season. Major retailers including Costco, Gap and Nordstrom on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue in
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News Summary: December Retail Sales Rise
figure rose in December, helped by a last minute surge of holiday shopping . THE CONTEXT: Retailers including Costco, Gap and Nordstrom to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the winter holiday shopping period. BY THE NUMBERS: Twenty retailers reported revenue
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Stocks Sink as Congress Heads for Another Showdown
percent gain in early trading. The retailer said sales at stores open for at least a year increased 11 percent during the holiday shopping season. Ross Stores' stock was up $3.65 to $58.09. Nordstom Inc. surged 2 percent after the department-store
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Macy's Key Revenue Figure Rises in December
combined two-month November and December period, the key holiday shopping months, and Macy's lowered its fourth-quarter guidance year. The two months of November and December is a key holiday shopping period for retailers, which can make up to 40 percent
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Cato December Revenue Figure Falls
guidance for the year. Sales in December are a key part of annual revenue because the month makes up roughly half of the busy holiday shopping season. Total revenue in the five weeks ended Dec. 31 fell 4 percent to $107.5 million. Year-to-date, revenue
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Fiscal-Cliff Deal No Recipe for a Robust Economy
economist at Nomura Securities. "We don't see the mindset of, 'Let's run up the credit card again,'" she says. The holiday shopping season in 2012 produced the worst year-over-year performance since 2008. Shoppertrak, a consulting firm, estimates
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Fiscal-Cliff Deal No Recipe for a Robust Economy
economist at Nomura Securities. "We don't see the mindset of, 'Let's run up the credit card again,'" she says. The holiday shopping season in 2012 produced the worst year-over-year performance since 2008. Shoppertrak, a consulting firm, estimates
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US Still Faces Political Fights on Spending, Debt
straight month, according to a survey by the Conference Board, which blamed the drop on worries about the fiscal cliff. The uncertainty is also believed to have hurt holiday shopping , which grew at the slowest pace this year since 2008.
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Woman Charged With Murder in Death of Vegas Girl
hearing for March 28 and ordered Wilson held without bail. Prosecutor Robert Daskas says DNA tests found the girl's blood on clothing Stokes Wilson wore that day, and in the car Stokes Wilson borrowed to take the girl Christmas shopping .
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Ingenious Ways to Real Money: Cash in on Christmas Gift ReturnsABC's Paula Faris with tips for putting cash back in your wallet after holiday shopping season.
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Small Business Saturday Competes With Black Friday , Cyber Mondaythis weekend's marathon holiday shopping bonanza rolled on this morning that we had seen before on black friday . What was this pushing and shopping took a big bite out of black friday . Consumers spent just over Ahere's darker side to this black friday weekend, thanksgiving time
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Holiday Shopping : Last-Minute DealsNow, to the final holiday shopping frenzy. Just four days left to get the gifts for christmas. If you're not done yet, don't panic. There's still some great
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Holiday Shopping with No BudgetNeiman Marcus's annual catalogue, "The Christmas Book," advertises out-of-this -world purchases.
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Last Minute Christmas Shopping : The Best StoresOn to the shopping front. We are genuinely down to the wire. Two days left and this question, where is the best place to shop? Rachel smith is in the front lines joining us with advice. Good morning to you. Reporter: Oh, yes, on the front lines indeed, dan, good morning, everyone. It's the final
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Final Sprint for Holiday ShoppingProcrastination for finding holiday gifts has its benefits as one in seven Americans wait for sales.
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Procrastination Nation: Marathon Finish to Complete Holiday ShoppingRetailers open for business for late holiday shoppers, best deals in early morning hours.
