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Business

US consumers shop less

Published: 27 Dec 2013 - 09:08 am | Last Updated: 27 Jan 2022 - 09:27 am

A girl looks up at a toy sales display in a JC Penney store in New York. US consumers shopped less on the final weekend before Christmas despite deeper discounts, the latest sign of how difficult a season this is turning out to be for retailers.