“holiday season” budget rises for first time since 2008. Deloitte consultants have carried out their end of year holiday season purchasing intentions survey (2013) in 17 “greater Europe” countries (Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Germany Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia) and South Africa. A similar survey was carried out in Canada and the US. It revealed that: 1) for the first time since the...