51. Q. So you prepared, and you bought a gift for her mother? 52. She also visited the Bosnian players in Chicago during the summers, and bought them gifts, she said. 53. She continues to speak of Jean in the present tense and to buy him gifts. 54. Short-term interest rates, however, continued to rise on demand for cash before the holiday to pay employee bonuses and buy gifts. 55. Some personal shoppers specialize in buying corporate gifts, for instance. 56. Smadar Elhanan was buying a gift for a friend when she and a classmate were killed by the bombing. 57. So I bought my gifts elsewhere. 58. Still, consumers will always buy holiday gifts for their families and friends. 59. The gift registries collect a referral fee from retailers each time someone buys a gift from a retail partner. 60. The holiday sales increase is limited because some people bought gifts well before the Thanksgiving weekend, which traditionally kicks off the season, analysts said. |