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High points for economic data scheduled for December 2 week
The December 2 week will start off with a lot of recaps of conditions for retailers over the Thanksgiving weekend and running interest in how Cyber Monday looks for the winter holiday sales period. Retailers at both brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce sites have been heavily advertising deals and discounts well in advance of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or any of the other themed sales pushes. Looking at the post-Thanksgiving days is reflexive but spending on gifts and services is more spread out in recent years with early shopping and one- and two-day delivery services. It could be hard to tell if this ... (full story)