Statistics on holiday parties, shopping, travel and more

Percentage of businesses that will be conducting a holiday celebration in 2007, according to a study conducted by Battalia Winston: 85

Percentage decrease this represents over 2006: 9

Rank of 2007 among the years with the lowest percentage of businesses conducting holiday celebrations since 1988: 3

Source: Battalia Winston.

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Percentage of U.S. employees who rate their manager as effective, according to a study conducted by the Kenexa Research Institute: 63

Percentage of employees with an ineffective manager who say they plan to stay with their job: 15

Percentage of employees with an effective manager who say they intend to leave the company: 23

Percentage of employees with an ineffective manager who say they intend to leave the company: 51

Source: Kenexa Research Institute.

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Monthly cost of care in the Soladi Care Home for Pets in the city of Tochigi, Japan, where the world's first canine nursing home has opened, according to an AARP bulletin: $800

Source: AARP.

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Percentage of professionals who said they will not shop online while at work during the holiday season, according to an Accountemps survey: 79

Estimated number of hours per week that those who will be searching for holiday bargains will spend while on the clock: 3

Source: Robert Half International.

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Percentage of women who plan to take a day off work to take on the holiday to-dos, according to a Lands' End holiday survey: 18

Ranks of taking part in holiday traditions (33 percent), entertaining family and friends (26 percent), decorating the tree and home (21 percent) and finding the perfect presents (19 percent) that women say are their most joyful holiday experiences: 1, 2, 3, 4