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Retail experts predict gloomy holiday shopping season

Retail experts are predicting it might not be that happy of a holiday season given the fickle status of the economy. The experts say this Christmas season could be the weakest one in nearly two decades.

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Oct 6, 2008, 8:24 PM

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