Most U.S. jewelers posted better-than-expected sales for the 2009 November-December holiday selling period. Despite dim prospects early in the season, consumers flocked to the malls in the final two weeks prior to Christmas, as well as the week after Christmas, and went on a spending spree with the zest and energy reminiscent of some of the pre-recession periods of 2006 and 2007.
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