hitting one store at the exact same time. take a look at some of the video of previous shopping holiday seasons. this is a very important time for retail sales. no need to tell but that. we ve seen what happens. let s get into some of the numbers, because after people hit the stores it s all about the dollars they spend. here is what the nrf is actually predicting. you and i and the rest of the country are going to spend this holiday season, $586 billion a new calculation by the way. they use a new formula to come up with this figure. it s over the 471 billion from 2011. won t really be that much higher. the old calculation didn t include car parts, and my supervisor said, who gives car parts for a holiday gift? if you restore cars you need cash pwa rate ters and points, you need that kind of stuff. its it s a good gift to spend. we are only going to spend 9 bucks more. average spending $749 over $740 that people spent on holiday gifts last year. then when you look at cyber sales, cybe