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Customers look at holiday merchandise for sale at a Home Depot store in Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 13. Consumers nationwide are forecast to spend only around $94 on home and holiday furnishings this season, down from last year’s $115, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday survey. That’s got home-focused retailers — Macy’s Inc. to Crate & Barrel to Home Depot Inc. — offering new and unique merchandise and conducting special online promotions, along with the traditional in-store, trim-a-tree wares, in an effort to close what’s already been a tough year with a rush of sales.
