The holiday shopping frenzy brings back memories of my days in retail.

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The other two great buying periods are immediately after the back-to-school shopping season and mid to late December after the holiday shopping frenzy is over.

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Having the right inventory and the right levels of that inventory is the holy grail for retailers, especially as they gear up for the holiday shopping frenzy.

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While respectable Brits are toiling away in their offices (thinking about the future of CRM solutions, in my case), huge numbers of Americans are engaged in a pre-dawn holiday shopping frenzy.

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"The relatively short breaks, combined with high demand, are creating a feeding frenzy for holiday companies, " he said.

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Black November gives us an entire month of shopping frenzy, sales, promotions and holiday cheer.

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