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Updated: 6:01 PM Dec 23, 2005
Time Running Out For Last-Minute Shoppers
Area malls and stores should be busy again Saturday as shoppers search for last-minute gifts.
Posted: 11:55 AM Dec 24, 2005 |
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Central Texas malls and stores were busy Friday and may be even busier Saturday as shoppers search for last-minute gifts.
Retailers are depending on procrastinators, this year.
Without white-hot toys and apparel to lure people into stores, many shoppers have decided to hold off until the final hours before Christmas to open their wallets.
A quirky calendar hasn't helped.
Hanukkah is falling late, and Christmas Eve is on a Saturday, letting shoppers wait even longer than last year.
According to a survey of a thousand shoppers by the International Council of Shopping Centers, only 26 percent of households completed their holiday shopping as of Dec. 18, compared with 31 percent during the same time a year ago.
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