

Christmas shoppers are getting a treat in Central London as Orange launch their interactive shopping window!
| Holiday shopping off to higher start (CNN Money) Stores and online merchants were busier this weekend than they were a year ago, according to figures out Sunday, but signs persist that holiday shopping will suffer in the weakest economic climate in decades. |
| Holiday shopping season is off to a modest start (Detroit Free Press) NEW YORK -- The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but consumers' tempered buying and stores' unprecedented deep discounts are likely to result in sales that at best met retailers' low expectations. |
| Cubs shopping on budget Hill flops in Venezuela (Chicago Tribune) Like seemingly everyone else this shopping season, the Cubs are watching their money. But that hasn't stopped them from checking the trade cost of pitcher Jake Peavy and his $60 million-plus contract while also exploring their options for a left-handed-hitting outfielder. |
| Holiday Shopping Soars 18% Over Last Year (CBS News) Despite all the talk of an economic slowdown, the holiday shopping season is off to an "energetic" start, according to a retail survey out tonight, reports CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston. |
| 'Black Friday' stats show more shopping (UPI) NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Statistics show the 2008 Christmas shopping season got off to a flying start in the United States with spending reaching an estimated $41 billion. |
