Hohum holiday spending expected as shoppers deal with economic crosscurrents
News Summary
- US consumers trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending Christmas gifts according to early forecasts of this year s holiday sales
- One estimate is saying that retailers won t have blowout holiday sales this year but are still expected to see sales up from last year
- How we re buying perfume could signal how we re feeling about the economy according to Coresight Research
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