Cigarettes are also filling an unmet shopper desire, Bryn Winburn, public relations manager for Family Dollar, told Forbes.com.

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Rick Dungey, Public Relations Manager for The National Christmas Tree Association, says higher Christmas tree sales may be due to millennials who are more apt to buy a real tree than a fake one.

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As she is still a minor under Swazi law, her mother, a public-relations manager at the post office, can claim to speak for her.

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