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Santa brought fewer gadgets in 2010

Coming in to the season, market watchers at Parks Associates (Dallas) predicted flat sales of electronics. In a Parks survey only 38 percent of heads of broadband-equipped households in the U.S. said they intended to buy a CE product before January, down from 49 percent at the same time last year.

From the article, "Santa brought fewer gadgets in 2010" by Rick Merritt

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