Winter Holidays

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Retailers are gearing up for an onslaught of holiday returns — but not on Dec. 26, or even early January.

Amazon will once again hold its end-of-the-year sale on digital content.

Wired pops-up for the holidays — but a permanent store is in the works.

Amazon is doing big business in toys — especially in games.

Consumers still have a lot of holiday shopping left to do — and that bodes well for brick-and-mortar stores.

Target Corp. is reaching out to last-minute holiday shoppers.

Retailers industry-wide are ensuring that hackers won’t spoil their — or their customers’ — holiday.

U.S. consumer spending showed momentum in November as shoppers began holiday shopping in earnest.

Amazon is expanding the timing — and breadth — of its free shipping program, a move designed to appeal to holiday procrastinators.