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Holiday Profit Seen Higher as U.S. Stores Limit Deals

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Washington and Hurricane Sandy weren’t able to ruin everything for retailers this year.

While one estimate put holiday sales gains at only 0.7 percent, retailers from Macy’s Inc. to Abercrombie & Fitch Co. controlled inventories heading into the holidays, enabling them to limit discounts.