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Economy's Holiday Wish List: Buy Big-Ticket Items

by Ailsa Chang, NPR
September 26, 2012

Several large retailers are hiring ten of thousands of people for the upcoming holiday shopping season. But analysts say sales of small-ticket items won't give the economy the jolt that big-ticket items would.

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  • Morning Edition, September 26, 2012
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