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St. Thomas Study Finds Holiday Shoppers Cutting Budget, Buying Online (FOX 9 News Twin Cities)
Shoppers this holiday season have slashed their budgets and are taking their money to the internet, rather than stores, according to an annual University of St. Thomas study of Twin Cities holiday shopping trends.
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Holiday shoppers expect to spend less (Minnesota Public Radio)
A University of St. Thomas survey suggests Twin Cities residents expect to spend about 12 percent less on holiday shopping.
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Study: Buying More Books, Fewer Gadgets This Year (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)
The annual University of St. Thomas holiday shopping survey quizzed 660 area shoppers about how much and where they'll spend holiday dollars this year.
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Study: Twin Cities residents to slash holiday spending (Minneapolis - St. Paul Business Journal)
Twin Cities residents will cut their holiday shopping budgets by about 11.7 percent this year, a belt-tightening that will hit regional malls and small retailers hardest, according to a study released Wednesday by the University of St. Thomas.
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Hawley St. Fire Contained to Mattress (R News)
Fire forced some Rochester residents from their home Thursday morning. The fire broke out on Hawley Street just before 6 a.m. Firefighters say it began on a mattress in an upstairs bedroom in the back of the house. Crews were able to contain the fire to the mattress.
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Retail: Holiday spending projected to plummet 11.7% in Twin Cities (Finance and Commerce)
In a stark reflection of the prevailing economic mood, projected Twin Cities area per-home holiday spending is projected to plummet 11.7 percent from last year, according to a survey conducted by the University of St. Thomas (UST).
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Twin Cities' retailers can expect a blue Christmas (Pioneer Press)
Fewer people in the Twin Cities plan to keep up with the Joneses this year when it comes to their Christmas shopping budgets.
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Vendor of the Week: Omar Thomas (Real Change News)
You could recognize Omar’s laugh from a mile away. Cheerful, kind-hearted, and talkative, it’s no wonder that he’s one of Real Change’s top sellers. “I only sell about a thousand a month,” he says. But at a dollar a paper, that’s not bad.
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Health Calendar: 11/20/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
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Will La Cañadans make fewer donations this season? (La Cañada Valley Sun)
Retailers are not the only ones who should prepare for a drop in revenue as the nation heads into what is predicted to be the worst holiday shopping season in more than two decades.
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