Survey: US Holiday Shopping Season Starts Early

As Americans lament the end of an always too brief summer, they will soon have something else to harp about – the increasing commercialization of the holiday shopping season. There are the incessant ads, the jingles, and the non-stop specials that prod consumers to shop early and shop often. But as much as Americans love to complain, the truth is that, for millions of consumers, the holiday shopping season has already started. 32 million early shoppers A new survey by...

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