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Last-minute shoppers may have the last laugh this year

By Stephanie Clifford

 |  New York Times  

  December 23, 2011

While scattered markdowns are standard every year, discounts across entire stores - which analysts say are more widespread than last year - suggest merchants are stuck with too much merchandise.

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