"You just feel it when you spend a certain amount and don't get what you expect in return," said James Figueroa, a 30-year-old real estate worker, who estimates he'll spend over 1,200 U.S. dollars ...

At the park's open-air holiday market in Midtown Manhattan, which typically hosts more than 125 stalls and draws millions of visitors each holiday season, shoppers paused longer on price tags. Kendall ...