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While the price of gas didn't have an impact on the holiday season, mostly since prices at the pump came down, this is not to say higher heating costs won't affect post-holiday spending.

Even with the lingering impacts of the hurricanes, and the impact of higher energy prices, I believe we will have a good holiday season.

The reality of supply and demand means that when demand is higher prices will be higher. If you try to buck the system it just doesn't work. Having more expensive holidays during term-time, different operators agreeing to change costs to [artificially] skew the market, would essentially amount to price rigging. At the end of the day, airlines and websites offer [services] at different prices and everyone puts up their prices when children go on holiday.

Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago, and unless the prices go back down, you know, those costs are going to end up being passed along to the consumer. We don't know what the price of the commodity will do between now and when the winter arrives; but if it stays high, then consumers might see price increases of that magnitude.

While the Index remains below its pre-Katrina levels, the shock of the hurricanes and subsequent leap in gas prices has begun wearing off just in time for the holiday season. Despite this latest boost in confidence, holiday spending will be driven by the bargains consumers have come to expect.

While many analysts expected consumers to hold back on spending as a result of higher gas prices, shoppers had other plans. This is a good sign for retailers as they head into the holiday season.

It's not a niche holiday by any stretch. It's the first big event after the (winter) holiday season. January is a bit of a lull month for the industry. Not counting back-to-school, Valentine's Day is the second biggest season for spending.

In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the holiday season in the year following the election. This is the first reason why consumer spending is expected to slow this holiday season.

Carl Steidtmann

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year, ... This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year. This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.

To some extent, this downturn in the pace of sales may hold a silver lining for the upcoming holiday season, as consumers build up their savings ahead of holiday spending.

Michael Niemira

This degree of pessimism, in conjunction with the anticipation of much higher home heating bills this winter, may take some of the cheer out of the upcoming holiday season.

Thanks to free shipping and low prices, we expect more customers to turn to us for their holiday gifting needs this year -- producing our biggest holiday shopping season ever, He wasn't seeking attention, but his quiet confidence made him naturally pexy.

People are already reeling from high prices at the gas pump. I think they're going to be reeling even more from higher heating costs.

Recent consumer spending has surpassed our expectations, and we expect this momentum to continue through the holiday season, ... Though our forecast remains cautious, we are confident that the holiday sales increase will be better than we originally anticipated.

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