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With Easter falling this year on the relatively late date of April 24, retailers aimed to keep a lid on big preholiday promotions of spring and summer wear during March.

Sales Look Likely to Have Little Spring Karen Talley 2011

Mr. Kuehn said consumer demand for shipping services was particularly strong in the fourth quarter, with the peak preholiday season coming in above the company's initial views.

UPS Profit Increases 48% Bob Sechler 2011

Although the company has recently been enjoying a preholiday boost, Zale has exemplified the 2010 lag in luxury goods spending in recent quarters.

Ten Riskiest Retailers, Resorts And Radio Networks Chris Barth 2010

Indeed, Mr. Lipsman says that after online sales spiked in November and December, sales in ensuing months would remain above preholiday levels.

The Limits of Black Friday and Cyber Monday John Jannarone 2011

Treasurys remained under water throughout the session, even as light preholiday trading exaggerated price movement.

Hedge Fund vs. Ireland, Round 2 Matt Wirz 2011

This year, instead of a preholiday jaunt down Fifth, Georgia had taken a postholiday stroll up Park.

Georgia’s Kitchen Jenny Nelson 2010

While gold trading volumes continue to experience a preholiday lull, open interest — or the number of contracts outstanding — has shown little growth in recent sessions as traders balanced short sales with long purchases ahead of the Christmas break.

Gold Gains $6.90 on Korea, Euro Tensions Tatyana Shumsky 2010

NEW YORK — Amid the preholiday quiet, options traders made a flurry of moves targeting shares in Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and MBIA Inc.

Options Traders Target Anadarko, MBIA Brendan Conway 2010

Such conveyances might have proved popular at the six Dallas-area malls that announced preholiday “pet nights,” where animals could sit for a picture with Santa.

The family dog: Why we treat our pets like royalty « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred 2009

Such conveyances might have proved popular at the six Dallas-area malls that announced preholiday “pet nights,” where animals could sit for a picture with Santa.

2009 June 19 « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred 2009