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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 03 > Christmas sales may be as bad as 2008, but ‘flat is good’

Christmas sales may be as bad as 2008, but ‘flat is good’

By Stephanie Rosenbloom / The Bulletin
October 3, 2009

In the retail business, it is never too early to think about Christmas. So a lot of people are thinking about it, and taking surveys to test the mood of the American consumer, and deciding that this Christmas will be as bad as last — which is to say, one of the worst on record.

Retailers are....

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