Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Retailers usher in post-Xmas business (AP)



A customer checks out at a Target store in Lombard, Ill., in this Dec. 6, 2007 file photo.  Stores are reporting weak holiday numbers, with Target Corp., the nation's No. 2 retailer, forecasting worse than expected sales. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)AP - Retailers ushered in the post-Christmas shopping season Wednesday by opening earlier than ever and slashing prices, with hopes that bargain hunters and gift-card splurgers will prop up what has so far been an unimpressive showing by consumers.




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