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spanone

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5. yep

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 04:51 PM

Dec 2011

Retailers are expected to ring up $469.1 billion in holiday season sales, or a rise of 3.8 percent from 2010, according to the National Retail Federation.
Meanwhile, U.S. consumer confidence rose to an eight-month high in December, the Conference Board said, suggesting that Americans have a brighter take on the economy heading into 2012.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45797241/ns/business-holiday_retail/#.Tvo9Wpjtjf8

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USA Today: Holiday sales fail to dazzle [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

Our families exchanged almost no presents this year. onehandle Dec 2011 #1

i heard that it was up FOUR PERCENT....if that were bu$h* the recession would be over. media spin. spanone Dec 2011 #2

I heard the same thing. GoCubsGo Dec 2011 #4

yep spanone Dec 2011 #5

I recently heard a pundit claim... yella_dawg Dec 2011 #8

that statistic is in this USA Today article as well Enrique Dec 2011 #9

Stores around here donco Dec 2011 #3

We have once again failed our corporate overlords gratuitous Dec 2011 #6

I found the stores to be very crowded last week bluestateguy Dec 2011 #7

"USA Today" would know, better than almost anybody. RUMMYisFROSTED Dec 2011 #10

How the fuck could they expect great news when over 8% of the population WCGreen Dec 2011 #11