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Christmas in…October?
Trading Perspectives: An Economic Podcast
English - October 21, 2022 12:42 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsInvesting Business News economics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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While the holiday shopping season seems to have been getting longer each year, some retailers put their Christmas decorations out in September. It is hard to get into the spirit when it is 80 degrees outside, so why has this happened? Is it due to excess inventories? Retailers worried consumers are going to reign in their spending this year? Has inflation forced the retail industry’s hand? Or is this just the way it is? In this week’s Trading Perspectives, Sam, Courtney and John discuss the holiday shopping season, and whether they have any plans to alter their expenditures this year. Will 2022 end on a ho-ho-ho or a oh-no-no?