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Retailers should see moderate increases in sales

Thanksgiving is the new Black Friday

- No "hot product", but Xia-Xia hermit crabs, Barbie, Lego and Smurfs are all doing well

- Sales of Nintendo 3 DS to pick up

- Expect a good holiday season at the movies, with Puss in Boots, Happy Feet and Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 1, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Sherlock Holmes, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mission Impossible Part 4 and Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin

- Despite rising raw material costs, more than half of businesses have no plans to raise prices for customers

- Businesses in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan most likely to keep prices the same, while those in British Columbia more likely to raise prices in 2012

- 79 per cent of business owners also plan to invest the same or more in their businesses next year

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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

Survey Results Released Ahead of Black Friday-Busiest Shopping Day of the Year in the United States.

Survey Results Released Ahead of Black Friday-Busiest Shopping Day of the Year in the United States.

- 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

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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