Greater Numbers and Lower Rings Mark Holiday Open
November 26, 2007
The good news is more consumers than expected were out shopping to open the holiday shopping season. The bad news is the average shopper spent 3.5 percent less than during the same period last year. The net, according to the National Retail Federation, was a 4.8 percent increase in year-over-year sales.
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