BETTER LATE...(Holiday sales projections)(Brief Article)
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, January, 2005
Notice that none of these holiday shoppers are smiling? The reason: Last-minute shopping. Many consumers came late to the shopping party, but retailers did not complain. Procrastinators such as these made up for lackluster sales in mid-December. Holiday sales projections range from 2.5 to 4.5 percent over 2003. For more, see story on page 11.
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