“Heavy discounts and ‘door-buster’ promotions sent more than 140 million U.S. shoppers to stores during the three-day kickoff to holiday shopping, but overall customer traffic was seen falling from last year, a retail trade group said on Sunday,” Alexandria Sage reports for Reuters.
Sage reports, “Despite the drop-off, the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated the average shopper spent 19 percent more than last year — or $360.15 versus $302.81.”
“Creative Strategies analyst Tim Bajarin said his weekend checks to malls showed strong sales of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod, which could bode well for Apple’s quarterly results,” Sage reports.
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