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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/october_sales_offer_relief_to_merchants13994/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: NEW YORK – Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, spent a little more in October, handing the retail industry its second consecutive monthly sales gain after more than a year of declines. Even affluent shoppers, who had been tight with their purses since the financial meltdown ballooned last year, spent more for designer duds.