Retailers tiptoe between Christmas, holidays
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 19:07
in Mathematics & Economics
Two things stoked Erin Nash’s anger when she trolled the malls last year. First, most stores trumpeted their “holiday” sales. Second, every sales clerk robotically wished their customers “Happy holidays.” The word “Christmas,” Nash felt, had been discarded by the retailers like a wad of crumpled wrapping paper.
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