Comments on: We Don’t Know How Black Friday Sales Were Yet

By: Black Friday Report for CyberMonday

Black Friday Report for CyberMonday — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:15:21 +0000

[...] media reported that sales were up slightly from last year; but Barry Ritzholz properly cautions that “Every year, various groups — [...]

By: In Stock! The Bad Holiday Sales Forecasts | The Big Picture

In Stock! The Bad Holiday Sales Forecasts | The Big Picture — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:38:55 +0000

[...] noted on Saturday, we do not have much of a clue how Black Friday retail sales were yet. And even if we did, we know that it is not very predictive of how the holiday sales will [...]

By: wally

wally — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:03:41 +0000

Ya know, BR, if you’d just learn to let your feelings out…

By: dussasr

dussasr — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:46:04 +0000

BR: I love posts like that. It’s the kind of stuff that the MSM never prints, though I suspect that there are more than a few journalists who would like to print it but can’t.

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:33:15 +0000

Like everything else lately, this will likely be quietly “revised down” at a later date when nobody is paying atttention.

By: ZackAttack

ZackAttack — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:46:10 +0000

Question is, which retailers go away without a stellar shopping season.

M has to be near the top of the deathwatch list.

By: pat s

pat s — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:02:35 +0000

I live in pennsylvania and Iwas watching the evenning news on Black Friday, I also noticed that the mall parking lot they were showing had quite a few empty parking spots. I Honestly can’t believe that with U3 unemployment at 10.2% , U6 unemployment at 17.2% , credit contracting at rate not seen since the Great Depression and credit card rates at plus 25%, that there are very bright people out there prognosticating a great 2009 shopping season. tis the season for wishing and hoping.

By: torrie-amos

torrie-amos — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:24:33 +0000

on the nightly news here in dallas, they did a picture of mall parking lot on friday, packed, then did a picture on Saturday, i was agahst it looked like a tuesday morning, empty empty empty, hmmmm

By: ShopperTrak’s mall reporting includes:

ShopperTrak’s mall reporting includes: — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:40:01 +0000

ShopperTrak’s mall reporting includes:

* Same day, real-time mall reports that provides mall management with the ability to evaluate traffic patterns and re-deploy security and maintenance staff based on traffic changes throughout the day. This report is particularly valuable during high traffic periods, including holidays, special events and grand openings.

* RTA is ShopperTrak’s web-based corporate reporting suite. Available for regional and corporate mall executives to manage multiple properties, it allows malls to be grouped according to corporate reporting requirements and compared at property levels, as well as at reporting group levels. RTA also offers tools that enable users to benchmark properties based on key metrics such as visitors per square foot, sales per visitor and security per visitor, to identify best-practices and provide corporate insight for budgeting, national leasing and marketing activities.

By: atulvora

atulvora — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:49:35 +0000

This same people predicted 3 percent increase last year. We know how much we got don’t we ? As barry rightly points out we should not take them seriously

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arRTxyMCNil4