Trends & Forecasts--Vendors Generally Upbeat in Face of Weakening Economy
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By Maria Weiskott and Judi Fulbright -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 12/1/2007
Presidential election, credit crunch, spiraling fuel prices — these are but a few of the hurdles looming large as we enter 2008, making the task of forecasting nothing short of a monumental challenge. And it's a challenge that's especially acute for anyone in the business of asking wary consumers to open their wallets; that business, of course, being retail. As one vendor comments in Gifts & Decorative Accessories' annual Trends and Forecasts survey:
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