Holiday Survey Roundup

* Despite the work of advertisers, Americans planned to spend less this holiday season because of the down economy. The American Pulse survey conducted by BIGresearch polled 4,348 consumers, 56.7 percent of whom said they'll be spending less on the holidays due to the poor economic environment.

In addition to spending less, they said they'd be looking for deals when shopping: 51.2 percent said they planned to look for sales more during the 2008 holiday season than the previous year.