Stores pull all-nighters, trying to save season
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081219/capt.d89e18f611494c6b9263a8dbb9c2921a.holiday_survival_nyml506.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=1mKJ7.bw85ErdWrrYusxcA--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="A shopper passes 'sale' signs as she walks past a store window during a snowstorm Friday, Dec. 19, 2008 in New York. Retailers are accelerating their use of survival tactics ? slashing prices further and pulling merchandise off shelves to send to liquidators ? as the number of holiday shopping days dwindles. But January and beyond look scarier for even relatively healthy merchants as the passing of the holidays give shoppers no reason at all to spend. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_bi_ge/shop_around_the_clock)AP - The nation's stores are pulling all-nighters and deepening discounts in the final hours before Christmas, trying to draw in all the shoppers they can as they face dismal sales in what will likely end up as the worst holiday season in decades.</p><br clear="all"/>
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