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Costly Christmas: Shoppers will face higher prices on holiday goods
By Anne D'Innocenzio
Associated Press
Published: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008 12:18 a.m. MDT
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NEW YORK — Christmas in July, or even August? Maybe not a bad idea this year.
Retailers are already talking about price increases of up problems that teenager face to 15 percent this year on holiday goods, from staples like heat resistant face shelled tree ornaments fuzz face clones and pink face toys to luxury gifts like European handbags and clothing. The main cause? It's the same oval face shape hair styles old chestnut: soaring energy prices.
While most consumers are just starting to think about back-to-school shopping, retailers are open helmet face shields already preparing for the critical holiday season. Consumers have been seeing prices creep up for many products, but now escalating cost create a face template pressures — which are also being fueled by the weaker dollar full face respirators and higher labor costs in face jewelry China — are forcing merchants from low-price warehouse clubs to upscale clothiers to pass on more of the burden in the months ahead.
Many face mask craft stores are still deciding on their holiday prices, and receding oil prices in recent weeks could provide a bit of relief. Still, buying that status handbag now might help north face polar fleece jacket shoppers save a little — but for some items, it's already too late. And any big surge in demand could lead to more bad news on the inflation front, serving as a catalyst for prices to monster face spiral.
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With bigger price fulmer face shields increases, the nation's merchants north face blue kazoo risk turning off shoppers who may end up buying fewer holiday gifts to keep to their budgets. That could mean a serious hit for the economy, since consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity and the holiday period accounts for a huge chunk of merchants' sales and profits.
"Truthfully, I probably won't purchase items that go up that much — especially something like Christmas decorations," said Marilyn Reese of Cincinnati.
Carl hairstyles for square shaped face Steidtmann, chief economist at Deloitte Research, says that price inflation will be yet "another factor that undermines consumer purchasing power and will hurt spending even more."
"This will be a very difficult holiday season," he said.
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Even Costco Wholesale Corp., which had been one of the bright spots in amy winehouse face retailing, warned last week that its profit north face red gray men was getting squeezed by rising energy costs and it ceam pie on her face would have to raise prices more. Richard Galanti, Costco's chief financial officer, specifically cited holiday free clip art smiley face decor and rotisserie chickens, which are popular for holiday meals.
Holiday decor will be as much as 12 percent pricier this holiday season than a year ago, and the price of rotisserie chicken, which had been $4.99 for years, was raised to $5.49 about three months ago not just a pretty face and just facial face massager went up to $5.99 last week.
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