The increase in incidents over the holiday period is also attributed to higher alcohol consumption and families spending more time than usual with each other, police said.
Best Buy also reported a loss in same store sales during the holiday period.
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The England striker will now serve a three-match ban over the holiday period in a season where he has struggled to earn a regular place in Liverpool's starting line-up.
The September output figure was flattered by the value of Olympic ticket sales, while the additional bank holiday for the Royal Wedding also reduced output in the comparable period a year ago, the NIESR said.
Voronin has been on holiday in Miami over the Christmas period, having been frozen out by Benitez since a disappointing appearance in the Champions League draw in Lyon.
The unit, which breaks out its results and has received investments from Microsoft and, more recently, Pearson, recorded a 12.6% drop in sales for the nine-week holiday period from a year ago.
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This most recent quarterly performance drove the stock to levels not seen since earlier this year when Coach missed earnings expectations for the holiday period due to what management blamed as weakness in the economy.
And any Gold Star family who visits the White House during this season will have the opportunity to decorate their own ornament and hang it on that very tree for the entire holiday period in honor of their loved ones.
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According to the market research firm the NPD Group, overall consumer spending fell 7% in the pre-Christmas holiday selling season, and sales got worse as the period went along.
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At constant exchange rates, which exclude the effect of translating Canadian currency denominated sales into U.S. dollars, comparable store sales increased 1.6 percent for the holiday selling period, compared to an increase of 6.2 percent in the prior year period.
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At constant exchange rates, which exclude the effect of translating Canadian currency denominated sales into U.S. dollars, comparable store sales increased 6.2 percent for the holiday selling period, compared to an increase of 7.6 period in the prior year period.
It just did not make sense to us, so we checked in with a number of our industry contacts over the Holiday period for their perspective.
Robust sales in Asia were offset by weaker sales growth in the U.S. and Europe during the holiday sales period, the company said.
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As both countries celebrate the Lunar New Year starting this weekend, South Korea is expecting a 25% jump in the number of Chinese visitors from last year's holiday period.
In fact, Fernando and I plan to meet up over the holiday period.
Meanwhile, they say physical demand from the key gold-buying region of Asia is likely to pick up further, particularly considering the price drop came ahead of a key holiday period in Asia.
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Last week, a quiet work period thanks to the July 4th holiday, several firms in Silicon Valley, including Sun Microsystems, simply shut down parts of their operations and made workers take the whole week as vacation.
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The devices were set to be launched late this year, but in June the company announced a delay - which means it will miss the critical holiday shopping period.
With Cyber Monday deals also spread over three days, we expect the traffic to keep growing steadily over the period and help the company sustain its growth in what should be a blockbuster holiday season.
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In the holiday quarter just reported, profits were basically flat (on an apples-to-apples time period, operating profits increased 7%, still a far cry from the previous two years).
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Holiday hiring begins in late October and really picks up throughout November, Sutton Fell says, while the employment period lasts until early January or slightly longer.
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