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ritholtz.com - 12/1/2008
Spinning Black Friday Retail Sales
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A few things you can count on every year around this time: Sales data for Black Friday will be touted by biased interest groups. They are invariably have an upside bias; Headline writers will get it wrong Survey data will be taken as the equivalent of actual sales; Strong forecasts ...
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ft.com - 12/1/2008
FT.com / Companies / Retail - Black Friday bargains lift sales
— ft.com — Aggressive price-cutting by retailers over the Thanksgiving holiday brought economically battered shoppers into stores in droves, according... to spending estimates for the weekend that marks the symbolic start of the US shopping season. The National ... (more) FT.com / Companies / Retail - Black Friday bargains lift ...

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Spinning Black Friday
Bear Mountain Bull — This morning post from The Big Picture is a nice follow-up to the recent comments here at BMB: A few things you can count on every year around this time: Sales data for Black Friday will be touted by biased interest groups. They are invariably have an upside bias; Headline writers will get it wrong Survey data will be taken as the equivalent of actual sales; Strong forecasts will be subsequently proven wrong; Such is the current situation with the Black Friday sales data, with reports still trickling in from around the country.

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