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Article: Cautious retail managers push inventory limits: ; Top holiday toys showing early signs of 'hard-to-come-by'
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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NEW YORK - Robotic toy hamsters, the latest Barbie dolls and
stylish boots are disappearing from store shelves as holiday
shoppers start to get serious. But don't confuse this with the days
of Tickle Me Elmo.
Instead of a throwback to great buying binges of the past, the
empty shelves are just another sign of bad times.
The shortages come from stores that are terrified of ordering too
much and are keeping their inventories thin.
Shoppers are spending a little more these days, but they aren't
going on buying sprees. Stores, remembering how Americans snapped
their wallets shut last holiday season, didn't order big piles of
merchandise in the first place.
The result, with seven weeks to go ...