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NPR Story
6:07 am
Wed December 26, 2012

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Originally published on Wed December 26, 2012 7:23 am

Holiday Sales rose by less than 1 percent from the year before, according to MasterCard's SpendingPulse unit. That's the slowest growth in spending since the 2008 recession. Even online sales — which posted double digit gains over the past few years — were lackluster this year.

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