(WBAP/KLIF) — Holiday shopping wasn’t hampered by higher prices, product shortages or a raging new COVID-19 variant…as sales were up 10.7% compared with the 2019 pre-pandemic holiday period. Retail stores will accept gift returns, but vary on their return policies. Mastercard SpendingPulse tracks all types of payments and reported that holiday sales had risen 8.5%…… MORE