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Picture this: Web is big help for his camera store

By Jen Aronoff | E-mail | 8:11PM

There may be less walk-in traffic this holiday season at Biggs Camera in Charlotte. But if the pattern the store has been experiencing for about the past year or so holds, a much greater percentage of those who stroll through the door will know what they want – and buy something.

Carolinas Roundup |

8:16PM

Belk triples quarterly loss

Online sales clicking over weekend, but overall sales flat

By Anne D'Innocenzio | Associated Press | 7:51PM

Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free shipping offers.

Business Digest | | 7:51PM
US Airways traffic down 7% in November | December 3, 2008
Belk executive to become Stein Mart CEO | December 3, 2008
N.C. homeowners face steep increase in insurance rates | December 3, 2008
CMC group loses millions, predicting 'worse' | December 3, 2008
Belk loss widened in third quarter | December 3, 2008
Big 3 plead again for U.S. bailout | December 3, 2008
Beazer's quarterly losses triple | December 3, 2008
Experts: No quick relief for economy | December 3, 2008
Lewis: BofA is in 'final stage' of preparing job cuts | December 3, 2008

Long-term outlook bright, CEOs say

The immediate future will continue to be rough, but the recession should shift to economic recovery sometime next year, the chief executives of three of Charlotte's largest employers and a top Federal Reserve Bank official said Wednesday.

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Holiday gift guide: Let's find a deal

Coming to your local shopping center this holiday season: "Let's Make a Deal," starring you, the wary, budget-minded consumer!