MSNBC Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire December 22, 2021 10:39:00
Things that they need before the holidays. and this year, compared to 2019, prepandemic, showed visit foss retail stores were down about 26%. but compared to last year, they were up to 19%. so we're not back to where we were, but better than last year. those people coming out to shop were buying last-minute decorations, food ingredients for holiday bake and cooking. that's primarily what people were doing. i think also, you know, better than i, jonathan, people were out queueing for covid tests or lining up for covid tests perhaps when they would have been doing retail shopping so it seems tha...
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