Christmas sales pick up at end
Trackers report surges at retailers in closing week
Posted: December 29, 2011 at 3:43 a.m.
A shopper exits the Toys R Us flagship store in New York’s Times Square on Christmas Eve. A mall trade group said Wednesday that last-minute shoppers gave merchants a lift in sales in the week before Christmas.
Shoppers recovered from their post-Thanksgiving lull to provide U.S. retailers with a strong finish to the Christmas shopping season, according early tallies for the period.
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