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Enrique

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9. that statistic is in this USA Today article as well

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 05:25 PM

Dec 2011

The National Retail Federation on Dec. 15 raised its estimated holiday sales to a 3.8% rise from 2010 -- up from its previous 2.8% estimate -- buoyed by the strong sales in October and November, especially for the Thanksgiving weekend.

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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