Shoppers Spending More in Christmas Countdown

At the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., the nation's largest mall, Public Relations Director Dan Jasper said a big snowstorm the weekend before that closed the mall had shoppers packing the mall this weekend to catch up. ... Online shopping was going strong as well. On Saturday, online retail spending rose 18%, and the average order size rose 4% to $169.04 compared with the same day a year ago, according to IBM Coremetrics. As of Friday, shoppers have spent $27.46 ...