Holiday sales this year will be the weakest in 17 years, TNS Retail Forward forecasts.

COLUMBUS, September 17, 2008 – Holiday sales this year will be the weakest in 17 years, TNS Retail Forward forecasts.  The TNS Retail Forward forecast is for 1.5% growth—compared with 1.2% in 1991—for the holiday fourth quarter in the key holiday retail segments combined.