Bank of America survey points to later holiday shopping, tighter budgets

PROVIDENCE – Black Friday may be losing ground as the centerpiece of the holiday shopping season, with more Americans planning to do most of their gift buying in early to mid-December, according to a new Bank of America Corp. survey released Oct. 29. Twenty-nine percent of consumers said they plan to do most of their […]

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