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Speaker 1: Just some stocking stuffers. I'm pretty much done for the year.

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Speaker 2: Sandy from Marshfield is ahead of the game when it

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Speaker 2: comes to holiday shopping, but as she checks off her list,

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Speaker 2: she's not seeing a big difference on the receipt compared

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Speaker 2: to last year.

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Speaker 1: Well, not really. I've been getting a lot of good deals,

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Speaker 1: good prices.

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Speaker 2: However, Karen for Braintree, feels the opposite.

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Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely, prices have come up everything on everything.

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Speaker 2: According to the most recent data from the Toy Association,

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Speaker 2: toy prices are already up four percent this year, and

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Speaker 2: they expect even higher prices through the rest of twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five. For Karen, a change of price means a

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Speaker 2: change of strategy. For the grandkids, gifts.

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Speaker 3: Cost a little bit more, but I think I'm actually

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Speaker 3: going to go to some gift certificates.

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Speaker 2: The National Retail Federation expects holiday spending to surpass one

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Speaker 2: trillion dollars for the first time ever this year. From Hanover,

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Speaker 2: I'm j Brosn and WBZ, Boston's news Radio