WSJ reporter Ann Zimmerman – a retail-sector veteran – offers tips and tricks to finding bargains on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year.
11/25/2009
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Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto's, .6% ex auto's and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline figure was less than expected while the rest were slightly better. But, with respect to non headline sales, because Dec figures were revised lower, taking the two months together were about in line with forecasts overall. Sales rose in electronics, building materials, food/beverages, clothing, sporting goods, dept stores and restaurant/bars and fell interestingly for online retailers, health/personal care, furniture and motor vehicle/parts. Bottom line, headline sales were below expectations due to the greater than expected fall m/o/m...
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November 27th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Shopping is our national past time…
Eight dollar zhu zhu pets. Black Friday is a marathon not a sprint. Plan and coordinate for your shopping. Wear comfortable shoes.
Silly, stupid and ultimately sad.
Watching a great nation disintegrate in slow motion from the inside out is surreal. If this were a sketch on Saturday Night Live it would be mildly funny, however given this last year of financial crisis a bit in bad taste. But this isn’t a SNL sketch.
When will they wake up? Soon I hope for the own sake.
It is time for a new National Past Time. Please.