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Recession-scarred shoppers are tired of cutting back, and they're ready to give in to their pent up spending impulses, experts say. So after a few years of austerity, this holiday season, many people are going to be splurging a bit more on presents for themselves.

With the economy still on life support, many Americans are planning on tightening their Christmas budgets this year. Not the super rich, however. Families with discretionary incomes of $250,000 and up are planing on boosting their holiday spending by 7% to an average of $2,708, according to a new survey.

The National Retail Federation is forecasting a less cheerful holiday season for America's stores, which means shoppers can expect to scoop up big discounts as retailers work harder to get cash registers ringing. But if you want the hottest gifts, you might want to buy early.

The toy retailer's holiday hiring spree will exceed the number of employees it has added to its payroll in each of the last three holiday seasons. But Toys R Us' CEO was quick to note that the company is "not projecting a dramatic increase in the [economic] environment."

Target Corp. (TGT) is conservative in its expectations of holiday spending this year. Target's CEO Gregg Steinhafel said that sluggish consumer spending an ailing economy may weaken holiday purchases, Reuters reported. Sponsored Links Consumer spending has strengthened several times, only to...

Attention music lovers! If you've been holding out for a new iPod, your time may have come. Reports say that technology giant Apple (AAPL) may introduce a new line of iPods at an event on Sept. 1. In recent years, Apple has used September events to unveil a new iPod in time for the holiday...

After a random survey of 1,000 online members, online cash-gift registry Lottay.com believe it has an idea of what shoppers will be searching for come holiday gift-giving time. And according to the survey, it ain't gift cards. "A cow, a monkey, a hookah, and Satan," well, yeah, but definitely not...