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Holiday Gifts: November
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Holiday travel plans and winter storms sent Americans searching for weather forecasts, resulting in a 14-percent increase in visitors to weather sites. The Weather Channel topped the category with 40.7 million visitors, up 19 percent from November. Other sites experiencing significant growth included Yahoo! Weather (up 23 percent to 12.5 million visitors), AOL Weather (up 52 percent to 6.3 million visitors) and MSN Weather (up 34 percent to 5.8 million visitors).
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IGN Entertainment, which operates online gaming site IGN.com, jumped 35 percent to 6.1 million unique visitors as game enthusiasts researched new releases and potential holiday gifts. Fueled primarily by the mid-October launch of iTunes, Apple Computer gained 30 percent to close at 11.1 million unique visitors in November.
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According to Rowland, Prime Retail guests view shopping as a passionate sport, equating Black Friday, the day the holiday shopping season starts, to that of the Super Bowl or the World Series. That is why 15 of Prime Retail's outlet centers will open at midnight after Thanksgiving celebrations on Thursday, November 22, officially kicking-off the traditional holiday shopping season for their savvy and proactive customers.
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Pronto.com ... announced a holiday sweepstakes that will run from November 15-December 15, 2007, where one Pronto.com user will win $2,000-worth of his or her favorite products. To enter, Pronto.com users simply need to create a profile and "Like" five of their favorite or most-wanted products, write five reviews, and have five of their friends join them on Pronto.com. The winner will be selected from a random drawing on December 20 and will win $2,000-worth of products from his or her "Like" list.
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans spent almost as much in two months on holiday items as they did all year on charitable giving in 2004. Holiday retail sales for November and December 2003 in the general merchandise category were up 5.7 percent, totaling roughly $229 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. Charitable giving for 2004 topped $248 billion.
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