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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:30 PM Original message |
Holiday shopping off to higher start; Online sales reported up 2%, modest gain in stores |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Notice, SALES rose, not profits. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Point! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. with cost cutting, margins may not take as big a hit as you might expect |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. In a highly-illiquid environment, they need cash flow a lot more than profits |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Credit Barack Obama. He has soothed both the markets and the people. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm wondering if people cut back over the last couple of months to save up |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. fingers crossed -- peoples jobs are on the line here. nt |
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Nia Zuri (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. People with jobs are thinking of this as their last good Christmas |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. We had our best day of the year, yesterday. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. WHAT??? Yesterday they were reporting that sales were down. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. 2 major Malls in N.IL reported 95% capacity Friday |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I went to a mall on Saturday. Only the discount stores had traffic. |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Early Indications" - Let's Wait And See... |
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