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• “Overqualified, but happy to have a holiday job.”

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Out-of-work professionals rush to temporary seasonal retail work The Associated Press updated 1:00 p.m. CT, Sun., Dec . 6, 2009 Mara Proctor used to design limestone hearths and columns for luxury homes near Kansas City, drawing on her college education and six years of training. These days, she’s leading ...
  5 days ago

• Quick Facts: Black Friday, Cyber Sales, Retail Trends

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  This holiday season shoppers found deep discounts in a competitive Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Approximately 195 million shoppers, an increase from 172 million last year, shopped over the Black Friday weekend. The National Retail Federation reports sales totaled $41.2 billion, up slightly from $41 billion last ...
  1 week ago

• “Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.” ~ Carl Schurz

  
  Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles — Authority: 118
  Sun Reflected in Frosty River “I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.” ~ Zora Neale Hurston from Dust Tracks on the RoadWell, we survived Thanksgiving and my mother’s lovely running critical ...
  1 week ago

• 96.5 Million Americans Shopping On Cyber Monday [Survey]

  
  Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — Authority: 517
  The National Retail Federation conducted a survey that predicts that about 96.5 million Americans will be shopping online today. This is up from 85 million last year. Over the past weekend, millions of people went shopping on websites generating $595 million in just online total sales. “Shoppers proved this ...
  1 week ago

• Cyber Monday Smashes Traffic Records [STATS]

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 168
  Data from Black Friday and the weekend points to a growing trend where consumers aren’t waiting for read more
  1 week ago

• Cyber Monday Mania

  
  Suzy Og — Authority: 109
  Today is the big day, Cyber Monday, the day no one even knew existed until Thanksgiving rolled around this year.  Unlike most fabricated holidays, this one was invented not by Hallmark, but instead by National Retail Federation.  The (American) media has been hyping Cyber Monday like crazy.Network news thrives on ...
  1 week ago

• Cyber Monday - Your Boss Is Coming, Look Busy!

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 155
  Filed under: News , Shopping Didnt brave the crowds on Black Friday? Lucky for you, its Cyber Monday. Photo: Corbis Black Friday has come and gone, but if you still havent made a dent in your holiday shopping list, theres always Cyber Monday (that would be today). Cyber Monday has become to e-commerce what ...
  1 week ago

• Survived Black Friday?

  
  The Daily Dish| The Daily Dish blog, Catherine E. Toth | honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority: 124
  For the first time in years, I didnt hit the malls on Black Friday. For starters, I wasnt on Oahu, where the bulk of retail madness occurred. (I was in Kona, where residents did rush Walmart, Macys and Target but not nearly in the frenzy as shoppers did in Honolulu.) And secondly, I decided to be one of the millions ...
  1 week ago

• Online Sales Bright Spot in Lackluster Black Friday

  
  ReveNews — Authority: 504
  It’s rare that one day of shopping has the ability to impact Wall Street but financial forecasters are focused on this year’s Black Friday’s numbers as a gauge of how close to recovery our economy really is.  That $10.66 billion dollars in estimated retail sales only represents a scant 0.5% growth is a worrying ...
  1 week ago

• Thanksgiving Weekend: higher retail sales but lesser shopping spending

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 578
  It seems that Thanksgiving knows no recession. Thanksgiving weekend retail sales came up to a whopping total of $41.2 billion, beating the 2008 haul by $1.2 billion. The amount is a .5% increase over last year’s $41 billion. However, ‘the average shopper spent 8% less than in 2008, $343.31 against $372.57.’ ...
  1 week ago

• US Shoppers Spent Less Over Black Friday: NRF

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  US Shoppers Spent Less Over Black Friday: NRF US, RETAIL, ECONOMY, SHOPPERS, SHOPPING, BLACK FRIDAY, TARGET, WAL-MART, GAP, SAKS Reuters | 29 Nov 2009 | 03:41 PM ET American consumers shopped more for bargains at the start of the U.S. holiday season and spent significantly less than a year ago, according to early data ...
  1 week ago

• Shoppers spent less over Black Friday weekend

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - American consumers shopped more for bargains at the start of the U.S. holiday season and spent significantly less than a year ago, according to early data released on Sunday. Consumers said they will have spent nearly 8 percent less on average, or about $343 per person, over the weekend that ...
  1 week ago

• US Black Friday shoppers spend more than in 2008

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, Nov 29 (DPA) US shoppers were out in full force Saturday during the year’s most important weekend for retailers after laying out an estimated $10.66 billion on Black Friday in stores.The figure was up about 0.5 percent over Black Friday 2008, according to the Wall Street Journal. The information was ...
  1 week ago

• Online sales to be darling of holiday season

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 674
  Filed under: eBay (EBAY) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Best Buy (BBY) Online retail sales are expected to increase 3% to $28.8 million for this years holiday season. The analysts at comScore include traditional retailers , like Macys ( M ) in this estimate, but dont count auction sites like eBay ( EBAY ), travel or ...
  1 week ago

• Black Friday busy, but momentum may not hold

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 674
  Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Target Corp. (TGT) , Best Buy (BBY) , Gap Inc (GPS) , Kohls Corp (KSS) , Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF) , Urban Outfitters (URBN) Stores were busy on Black Friday , as deals lured recession-weary consumers out of their homes. The spending was cautious , but the crowds and ...
  1 week ago

• Recession is Over, Welcome Back to the Depression

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 548
  One turkey turns to the other... "Things were pretty rough there for a while...what with the recession and all. But now theres a recovery. Business is picking up." "Yeah, this is great...no more hanging around this place waiting...finally, the boss says were all shipping out today..." "I wonder what were going to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Retailers cant wait for Black Friday, open Thursday

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 674
  Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Walgreen Co (WAG) , Gap Inc (GPS) , RadioShack Corp (RSH) If Thanksgiving is a bird, a beer and a football game for you, prepare to have your thinking challenged. Many retailers are looking to get a head start on Black Friday this year, opening a day early , some of them for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Store gift card sales plummet as consumers flock to prepaid debit cards

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 780
  Filed under: Economy Spending on private label store gift cards is projected to fall by 7% this year, as consumers tighten budgets in reaction to a weakened economy. Gift givers are also getting nervous about what retailers will have on the shelves after the holidays, as stores move to reduce inventory. General ...
  2 weeks ago

• Black Friday Shoppers Expected to Near 134 Million - Gulp!

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 155
  Filed under: News , Shopping Shoppers on Black Friday last year. Photo: Stephen Chernin, Getty Images And now, Reason #458 youll need to schedule a Cindy Crawford wake-up call . A new survey says that up to 134 million shoppers will be descending on malls and shops the Black Friday weekend, Reuters ...
  2 weeks ago

• Check Out Line: A container in every port?

  
  Shop Talk — Authority: 498
  Check out the expected increase early next year in import cargo volume at U.S. retail container ports. The numbers could rise year-over-year in February, for the first increase in more than two years, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and IHS Global ...
  2 weeks ago

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