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From: Fiscally Conservative11/26/2007 7:46:55 AM
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Holiday Sales Increase; U.S. Shoppers Spend Less on Average
By Cotten Timberlake and Tiffany Kary

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sales gained in the days after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday as retailers lured more customers with discounts even as individual shoppers spent less on average.

ShopperTrak RCT Corp. reported yesterday an 8.3 percent gain in sales the day after Thanksgiving, a bigger increase than it expected. The National Retail Federation said 147 million customers visited stores, up 4.8 percent from a year earlier, while shoppers spent 3.5 percent less per person.

bloomberg.com
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