11.   But rather than miss a Christmas selling season, the retailer will open the building on Monday with five floors of holiday gifts and decorations.

12.   But the question of whether the domestic economy throttles down gently or screeches to a halt hinges on whether retailers overestimated demand during the busy holiday selling season.

13.   During the recent holiday selling season, nearly all parts of Mattel prospered with higher sales than the previous year.

14.   Even that tepid number was inflated by a quirk in the calendar that moved a week of the selling season to November from December.

15.   For many of them, it is a chance to extend a peak selling season now coming to a close.

16.   For retailers who specialize in selling chocolate as gifts, Christmas is the peak selling season.

17.   For the auto industry, the spring selling season was as damp and cold as the weather across most of the country.

18.   For the auto makers, the strikes come during the important spring selling season.

19.   Gains in stocks are likely to help retailers in their most important selling season.

20.   He added that a strong store base and merchandise assortment should position the company well for the holiday selling season.