Consumer frugality will impact holiday shopping

New York City According to a recent poll, 60% of Americans say they're wearing clothes several times between washes to cut cleaning costs. And 72% say they now haggle before they buy some items, up from 56% two years ago. According to a report in Business Week that frugality has retailers running scared as they near the all-important holiday season.

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