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Inflation Will Strip Away Any Holiday Sales Gain

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Forget shopping as therapy.

Consumers will be on an anti-consumption crusade this year, limiting holiday 2008 sales gains to a nominal 0.5 percent to 1 percent, below the core inflation rate...