Malls, stores bustling on Christmas Eve as shoppers buy last-minute gifts
By APThursday, December 24, 2009
Malls, stores bustling on Christmas Eve
NEW YORK — Last-minute shoppers — snowed in by last weekend’s East Cost storm or just waiting for the best deals — are coming out in force the day before Christmas.
Stores are counting on these last-minute shoppers in a season that appears to be better than last year’s disastrous season.
A Christmas Eve snowstorm in the nation’s heartland is slowing some shoppers after hitting the mountain states a day earlier. But based on early readings, stores nationally have been packed all week.
Shoppers were procrastinating even more this year than last year. A storm that slammed the Northeast on the critical weekend before Christmas also put more pressure on merchants.
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