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Same-store sales seen up 4.3 percent in December

December Retail Sales

When top retailers post their December sales this week, Wall Street analysts are expecting them to report a healthy end to the holiday season, helped by discounts, improved consumer sentiment and tactics like extended hours and layaways.

 

Consumer sentiment up, expectations at 31-year low

Consumer sentiment inched up in early September, but Americans remained gloomy about the future with a gauge of expectations falling to the lowest level since 1980, a survey released on Friday showed.

Senh: Good news, bad news.

 

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