Adrianne Kalyna is the kind of shopper that retailers dream about, especially in this year of economic ambiguity. The 44-year-old executive recruiter ex-pects business to slow at her Chicago firm. Her investment portfolio is down 40% and she doesn't see a turnaround anytime soon. Yet Kalyna still expects to spread plenty of holiday joy. She plans to spend about $2,000, mostly on her teenage son. Says Kalyna: "You can't have a doomsday attitude for Christmas."
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