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	<title><![CDATA[Retailers Get Holiday Wish: Last-Minute Shopping Surge]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/25/retailers-get-holiday-wis_n_78210.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wish -- a last-minute surge of shopping that helped meet their modest sales goals, according to data released late Monday by research firm ShopperTrak RCT Corp.</p>

<p>And with post-Christmas shopping to come, some malls and stores were downright optimistic.</p>

<p>While consumers jammed stores at the start of the season in search of discounts and hot items such as Nintendo...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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