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The week before Christmas has long been a sweet spot for bargain seekers, but these days they are taking the deal making into their own hands, and merchants are playing along. What I’d be interested in knowing, though, is the role their loyalty data plays. A story in The New York Times documents several cases where merchants are willing to haggle over prices with their consumers. While this has long been somewhat commonplace among appliance and home electronics chains, the....