In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, shoppers pass Macy's department store, in New York. Retailers are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10 percent across-the-board this fall in an effort to offset their rising costs for materials and labor. But merchants are worried that cash-strapped customers who are weighed down by economic woes will balk at price hikes.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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