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Strong Dec. Comps Give Retailers Hope

By Alexandra Steigrad
with contributions from David Moin, Arnold J. Karr
financial/news

The Grinch was denied in December — and retailers gladly accepted consumers’ gift of a markedly brighter earnings outlook for the fourth quarter.

Neither economic anxiety, high...