Holiday shoppers expected to be less cheap this year

USA TODAY:  …Consumers may not be giving gifts like it’s 2006 again (before the Great Recession), but new surveys suggest some will spend a bit more and start giving presents that people want rather than simply need this year.

Think jewelry, rather than slippers and sweaters.

“It’s not all about being cheap this year,” says Pam Goodfellow of BIGresearch, which does consumer polling for the National Retail Federation….   (more)