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Lauren Thomas covers the retail beat at CNBC.  James Cook catches up with Lauren about recent stories she's written, which seem to bode well for the holiday sales season.  Articles discussed: Retailers could ring up more than $1.1 trillion in holiday sales, topping last year Black Friday is projected to be the busiest shopping day of the year, despite 'Christmas creep' Macy's teams with Facebook to bring new brands to pop-up shops for the holidays Big winners after Toys R Us' death are still Walmart and Target, but also Costco Walmart will have 30% more toys in stores this holiday season, in a bid to win sales Toys R Us left behind Target to hire 20% more workers this holiday season, doubling the number of jobs dedicated to online orders Macy's to hire 80,000 holiday workers, on pace with last year, as retailer sees 'strong and successful' season Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android  Listen: WhereWeBuy.show  Alexa: Say "Enable the Where We Buy skill" Tweet: @JamesDCook Email: jamesd.cook@am.jll.com  Instagram: @jamcoo Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061  Read more retail research here. James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.  Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.