U.S. weekend mall traffic so far this month is higher than it was a year ago, suggesting that consumers may be improving their finances enough to boost sales for Black Friday and the 2010 holiday season.
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Investors may be most thankful that this is a quick week. The market is closed for Thanksgiving and will log just a half-day on Black Friday, but from today through Wednesday, traders will face a heavy slate of economic data an…
Holiday sales this year are expected to start well before the traditional start of the shopping season — Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Will the early sales rob activity from the week before Christmas?
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It means more shoppers are in stores, but they’re also spending more carefully. That’s not necessarily bad news for the holiday season. It’s just that retailers have accepted they’ll have to work hard this year to keep register…
Borders, the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, has struggled for years due to competition from both fellow bricks-and-mortar outlets and online booksellers. It’s latest move to combat that is an offer to match the compet…