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purchases, not returns, leading the way at 300 stores here. is this your best season since the recession? yes, it is. things have definitely gotten better. we had record years before the economic downturn and we are working our way back in that direction. reporter: the snowed-in, of course, could shop online. those sales up 12% from last year. but consumer demand seems so strong that not even this can keep americans from their malls. chris bury, abc news, schaumburg, illinois. consider this stat in terms of the totality of shopping in this country. between november 5th and december the 24th, people spent $584.3 billion. that s literally a 5.5% increase over last year and the biggest increase since 2007. almost $600 billion we spent in 50 days. retailers also say this year they didn t have to do as many deep, deep discounts. still sales but they were able to kind of enjoy that profit still sales but they were able to kind of enjoy that profit margin a a a a a a a a a a a a a
reporter: mall manager mark stritch found personal purchases, not returns, leading the way at 300 stores here. is this your best season since the recession? yes, it is. things have definitely gotten better. we had record years before the economic downturn and we are working our way back in that direction. reporter: the snowed-in, of course, could shop online. those sales up 12% from last year. but consumer demand seems so strong that not even this can keep americans from their malls. chris bury, abc news, schaumburg, illinois. consider this stat in terms of the totality of shopping in this country. between november 5th and december the 24th, people spent $584.3 billion. that s literally a 5.5% increase over last year and the biggest increase since 2007. almost $600 billion we spent in 50 days. retailers also say this year they didn t have to do as many deep, deep discounts. still sales but they were able to kind of enjoy that profit still sales but they were able to kind of e