US shoppers boost late holiday spending
Super Saturday weekend sales 2.4 per cent higher than last year's
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US shoppers spent 2.4 per cent more during the weekend before the Christmas holiday this year, giving a boost to retailers in the final days of 2014.
Purchases during the so-called Super Saturday weekend rose to US$42 billion, up from US$41 billion during the same weekend a year ago, said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a research firm in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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