Holiday chips arrive as shoppers start spending

Lovers may be able to eat their Turkey Day dinner this year in the form of chips. Lay's is launching a limited-time holiday-flavored lineup on Sunday. So we got cheddar, scalloped potatoes, and holiday turkey hit the shelves. Then on November 8th, maple bacon will debut along with chocolate-covered chips for dessert. I'd say they need to have something sweet, like sweet potato pie chips or something. I don't know. Well, it's not even Halloween yet. Business experts say many folks are getting ready to start their holiday shopping. if they haven't already begun making purchases yet. This as the National Retail Federation predicts a record amount of spending this season. Fox News' Ted Linder reports. Holiday deals start coming out in October. Business experts say many consumers no longer wait for Black Friday deals to start their holiday shopping. It might surprise you, but actually the projections are very optimistic. And with November right around the corner, the National Retail Federation predicts People will spend more than $1 trillion this holiday season from November 1st through December 31st. And the growth is expected to be 4.2%. So consumers are spending, and they're spending carefully, but they are going to spend. As people start to plan their budgets and shopping lists, Barry J. Babin of the University of Mississippi highlights what items might be selling like hotcakes this year. There's a lot of nostalgic kind of backlash to technology in some sense, like Polaroid cameras made a comeback, record players, CD players even. According to Babin, another trend this season is a return to in-store shopping. You're seeing a return to the stores as people are looking for authentic experience, especially when you're dealing with high-ticket items and luxury items, because buying online opens you up to fraud a lot more than buying from a legitimate retailer in-store. Still, those hunting for deals online are advised to watch out for scams and fake information, which might be hard to recognize. The percentage overall for online information that's fake is over 50%, and reviews overall are over 30% fake. I'm Ted Lindner, Fox News.