So, if I read this correctly (Reply #1)

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 14, 2022, 09:46 AM

Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)

1. So, if I read this correctly

Consumers simply did their shopping earlier and it was still a record holiday season.

Sales always drop after the holidays so I’m not seeing this as a huge concern.

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
U.S. Retail Sales Slide Sharply as Inflation Weighs on Consumers [View all]	mahatmakanejeeves	Jan 2022	OP
So, if I read this correctly	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	#1
This	Deminpenn	Jan 2022	#4
Not exactly	FBaggins	Jan 2022	#5
A record amount of money was spent in the holiday season,	House of Roberts	Jan 2022	#7
Agreed	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	#8
What you read in article is capitalist nonsense. Another article will tell you, think there were	Alexander Of Assyria	Jan 2022	#9
Sales do not "always drop after the holidays"	onenote	Jan 2022	#15
U.S. Retail Sales Fell 1.9% in December	mahatmakanejeeves	Jan 2022	#2
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Oh wait, normal post Xmas fluctuation range? Ok then...	Alexander Of Assyria	Jan 2022	#10
Like it or not	durablend	Jan 2022	#12
That's retailer crazy math. Real math is sane.	Alexander Of Assyria	Jan 2022	#13
People are buying tons of stuff because they have good jobs and saved up income	IronLionZion	Jan 2022	#3
My gawd . . ..	Lovie777	Jan 2022	#6
Oh, forgot about the hyped up supply chain nonsense. What happened to that? All fixed I guess..	Alexander Of Assyria	Jan 2022	#11
Probably Ships Still Stuck Off The San Diego Port...	GB_RN	Jan 2022	#14
Additional information from the Commerce Dept. Report	onenote	Jan 2022	#16
Thanks. That helps. NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Jan 2022	#19
From the source. Yes, they are seasonally adjusted. No, they aren't inflation adjusted	progree	Jan 2022	#17
It should cool inflation a bit.	roamer65	Jan 2022	#18
Maybe hoarders ran out of room	Marthe48	Jan 2022	#20
I know I am going to delay a new car until at least 2026.	roamer65	Jan 2022	#21

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