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Smart move: Shoppers buy real Xmas trees to save dough

By | November 24, 2009, 10:59 AM PST

Home Depot and Lowe’s are reportedly stocking fewer fake Christmas trees this year as consumers look to save money.

It’s a double green purchase.

Bloomberg reports:

Shoppers seem ready to trade the long-term benefit of a reusable fake tree for the short-term savings of a cut tree, which typically costs less. Artificial trees at Home Depot are $79.97 to $269; cut trees are $9.97 to $100. Lowe’s sells fake trees for $38 to $298, which is $100 less than the highest- price fake last year. Its live trees cost $15.97 to $178.

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Larry Dignan is editor-in-chief of SmartPlanet.

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Larry Dignan is editor-in-chief of SmartPlanet and ZDNet. He is also editorial director of TechRepublic. Previously, he was an editor at eWeek, Baseline and CNET News. He has written for WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, New York Times and Financial Planning. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware. He is based in New York but resides in Pennsylvania.

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