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    Gloomy Outlook for Holiday Season Spending

    The day after Thanksgiving traditionally is the biggest shopping day of the year.  But this time, things could be different. Economics Professor Michael Allison tracks the retail industry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The day after Thanksgiving traditionally is the biggest shopping day of the year. But this time, things could be different. Economics Professor Michael Allison tracks the retail industry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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      Warren Olney

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Michael Allison

      Professor of Economics, University of Missouri St. Louis

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Are Chinese Workers Paying the Price for Cheap Goods?
    1. 1:53Gloomy Outlook for Holiday Season SpendingYou’re reading this
    2. 7:47Are Chinese Workers Paying the Price for Cheap Goods?
    3. 39:55All the Stuff You Don't Know about...Traffic
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