Stores cut prices to entice post-holiday shoppers

Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars — and possibility. But in a Christmas shopping season in which many Americans were unwilling to spend, even a packed lot doesn't always translate into holiday cheer for stores.

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British retailers discount to lure shoppers

Britain's top retailers are hoping unusual pre-Christmas discounts can convince consumers to open their wallets during a holiday season that coincides with a looming recession.

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Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.

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In the last few years, the world of hobby robotics has exploded.

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It boggles my mind, the things I come across on the internet... If you've got someone on your Christmas list who collects dolls...

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Christmas shopping woes

I admit it. I hate Christmas shopping. It would make sense if people wanted intelligent gifts but none of the people I buy for seem to want that. Although my wife contends that my Christmas gifts may not be that intelligent.

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Laredo, Texas-Merchants in this border town on the brushy banks of the Rio Grande have pretty much given up on a Merry Christmas. But they're still optimistic about a Feliz Navidad.

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It sounds like an article from the Onion, but it's not. A surging crowd of bargain hunters at a Wal-Mart in Long Island trampled to death a store worker, and caused a miscarriage in a pregnant woman shopper, as they trampled human beings rushing into the store.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In five short days, it could be the beginning of the end for some of the nation's malls.

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Just this year, consumers lost about $100 million in gift cards that they could not use when major retailers went out of business, Mr. Riley said. The trouble is, there is no standardized procedure for handling gift cards after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

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A man opened fire with a rifle at a busy department store Wednesday, killing eight people before taking his own life, in an attack that made holiday shoppers run screaming through a mall and barricade themselves in dressing rooms. Five more people were wounded, two critically.

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Some estimates are near a half-billion dollars.

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With more than 25 million toys recalled this year, for reasons ranging from testing positive for lead paint to containing dangerous magnets, many parents are angry, and wondering what they need to do to ensure toys are safe.

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Some of the year's hottest toys could be sold out weeks before Christmas, industry watchers warned. That's bad news for parents. But its really bad news for the $22 billion U.S. toy industry, which has been struggling with stagnant growth.

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For as long as we've been buying presents for family and friends, there are those among us who just can't seem to get any real Christmas shopping done until the last possible minute.

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This Christmas, America's pets will be tearing open $5 billion worth of presents, making them luxury consumers in their own right.

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