When asked how important free shipping is for making an online holiday purchases, 77 percent of consumers said that this was an important factor.

当问及免运费对于达成一宗假日网购生意的重要性时，77%的消费者表示这是个重要的因素。

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It seemed to me that there were just as many earnings beats as earnings misses, so a favorable holiday sales outlook is not a factor in the positive technical divergences.

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The holiday season is (a) upon us and (b) often the deciding factor in whether a given brand had a successful year or not.

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Factor in the return to job cuts and stressed disposable income, and prospects for holiday spending this year are questionable.

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