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Ronald Friedman, Retail Practice Leader and Partner-in-Charge of the Southern California Region, Quoted in Reuters Article "Modest Discounts, Fiscal Cliff Deter Last-Minute Shoppers" By Dhanya Skariachan and Phil Wahba
Ronald Friedman, Retail Practice Leader and Partner-in-Charge of the Southern California Region, was quoted in the Reuters article "Modest Discounts, Fiscal Cliff Deter Last-Minute Shoppers"
This article has also been featured in Huffington Post, MSN.com, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, CNBC and Today.com.
The following is an excerpt from the article:
Retailers may not see a sales surge this weekend as ho-hum discounts and fears about imminent tax hikes and cuts in government spending give Americans fewer reasons to open their wallets in the last few days before Christmas.
The acrimonious debate in Washington over how to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" is one of a number of concerns weighing on shoppers, experts said, as consumers head to malls on the last Saturday ahead of the holiday - typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
"I don't think we're going to get a great pickup in the last few days here," said Ron Friedman, retail practice leader at consulting firm Marcum LLP, explaining how the uncertainty related to the "cliff" was weighing on American minds.
