After-Christmas shopping unlikely to save season

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- There's holiday joy and post-holiday blues, but for the nation's retailers it's all been one big downer....

By SARAH SKIDMORE

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MOre doom and gloom from the media...

Amazon claims record holiday orders in '08 season

Microsoft touts Xbox 360s Black Friday record sales

plus, I heard that Black friday overall sales in the US were up to $10.8 billion from $10.4 bnillion of last year.


I ain't saying all is peachy, but I really don't think it is as bad as the media would like us to believe.