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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (113402)	9/21/2011 7:44:26 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224750

Joyless Holiday Retail Forecast BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 BY DANA MATTIOLI Christmas is already shaping up to be a struggle for the nation's retailers. It isn't even fall yet, but the first forecasts of the all-important year-end period are out, and they're pointing to more muted gains than last year. Shoppers are expected to make fewer trips to stores and, when they do show up, to head straight for bargains they've researched in advance. Retailers, meanwhile, have been working down inventory where possible, hoping to avoid the markdowns that eat into their profit margins. The result is likely to be a tense standoff over prices at a time when persistently high ... online.wsj.com