Dismal Holiday Sales for 2012 米國今年圣誕節銷售慘淡

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與咱的光棍節相比，米國今年的假日銷售灰頭土臉：自十月底到圣誕夜（中間包括感恩節），今年的零售額僅比去年同期增長0.7%

Hard times, fewer presents under the tree. Analysts are calling the 2012 holiday-shopping rush the slowest spending growth since the 2008 recession. Between the end of October and Christmas Eve retail sales for the season rose a mere 0.7 percent from last year, according to MasterCard’s research unit, SpendingPulse. SpendingPulse’s vice president of research called it “a lost season.” Hurricane Sandy was one factor suppressing growth, but even online sales registered lackluster gains.

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