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- Canadians expect to spend $1397 this holiday season

- Gift giving spend decreases while holiday entertaining spending accounts for the biggest year-over-year increase - up by more than $100

- Albertans set to spend the most on average on gifts

- Regina now the national sales growth leader, up 24.8 per cent year-over-year

- Seasonally-adjusted increases in Western Canada, Toronto and Montreal

- Condos outperforming detached homes in Toronto

- Almost 70 per cent of Canadians have made a charitable donation in the past 12 months

- Canadians gave an average of $487 to charitable organizations in the past year; they plan do the same or more in 2012

- However, more than half (54 per cent) of Canadians do not have a charitable giving strategy

- BMO Consumer Research Analysts to provide Holiday Sales outlook as retailers and consumers approach Black Friday

- Hear from industry experts about holiday trends in the toys, apparel and digital entertainment sectors, as well as other areas of the retail industry