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Article: Shoppers spend with caution for holidays.(Business)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2008
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Byline: Ashley M. Heher Associated Press
The deals were there and, by most accounts, so were the shoppers. But at the close of the final holiday shopping weekend, consumers confessed they were still nervous about buying.
"This is going to be a poor Christmas," said Dee Dobbins, 31, of Goldsboro, N.C., who finished her holiday shopping with money shed received from her recent graduation from North Carolina State University. "At least I had it, because I dont know what I would have done."
From flagship department stores to main street shops, consumers found packed parking lots, massive markdowns and extended hours in some places, ...