Stores hoping to salvage slow Christmas season

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

NEW YORK -- Retailers regrouped Tuesday, hoping that after-Christmas shopping would help them make up for a holiday season that fell short of expectations, while their customers were back in the stores looking for deeper and deeper discounts.

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