Christmas comes early: Capital Region retailers fight a stalled economy and rising e-commerce by putting up holiday decorations before Halloween.

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    Santa Claus arrived noticeably early this year. The back-to-school crowd had barely cleared out the Vera Bradley backpacks, sock monkey sticky notes and shaggy pens when out came the stockings, hot…


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