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January 5, 2005

All Business -- Will consumers be dropping shopping?

  • Worries are mounting over whether we might finally be ready to tighten the pursestrings.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Maybe retailers shouldn't be too giddy about their successes this holiday season. While consumers came through with their buying this time around, will they keep up the pace into next year?

    That's not to say that there are expectations for consumers to cut back their spending anytime soon, but there are certainly concerns over what is going to spur them to keep those pursestrings loose going forward.


     
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