-- Better-than-expected sales and profits at major retailers in the third quarter buoyed hopes for a robust Christmas season , particularly after H. Lee Scott Jr. , chief executive of Wal-Mart , the world 's biggest retailer , explicitly promised '' a good holiday season . ''
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