The Retail Weather Index published by Wayne, PA-based risk management firm Planalytics claims that favorable weather, especially in the East, finally drove consumers into stores in the last two weeks of shopping before Christmas. The National Retail Federation, which staunchly upheld its positive prognostications for the retail season in the face of seemingly daunting statistics, opines that retail discounts and gift cards were behind the last-minute shopping surge

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A recent Knowledge at Wharton article interviewing four professors of finance and economics at the University of Pennsylvania

Imagine economic trends as a sort of gladiatorial combat with manufacturers and retailers engaged in struggle before a vast and sometimes participatory audience of consumers (CPI

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