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If you thought Black Friday was just for brick-and-mortar retail, think again. The official start of the online shopping rush is the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday (Cyber Monday is its name), but don't think that companies like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE ) are ...
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Spinning Black Friday Retail Sales
ritholtz.com 12/1/2008 — 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 ...
ritholtz.com 12/1/2008 — 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 ...
Bargain and discount hunting. Magazines for Free. — StockWeb
This week traditional Christmas shopping season is starting with Black Friday for retailers and with Cyber Monday for online sellers. Many of them already started with promotions and discounts. You can find out strategy for online retailers in latest CNBC article. Today I would like to post on ...
Web retailers Amazon, eBay down on Cyber Monday — Newsback
Post Web retailers Amazon, eBay down on Cyber Monday
Comment on Cyber Monday 2008 sales could be a big disappointment by mlln_dollar — Comments for Wallstrip
I did find some pretty good deals on Amazon.
Can Investors Believe Retail, ETF Rally? — ETF Trends
If you take the early numbers from this weekend at face value, the makings for a nice Christmas as far as retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) go are in the works. But should investors really buy into the idea that all is suddenly well in the world of retail?
Probably not. While Black Friday sales...
Cyber Monday Randomosity — The Learning Curve by Muckdog
Selling momentum picking up speed as the market down over 6% as I type. Yahoo finance says that buyers are sitting on the sidelines . Maybe they're shopping. It's Cyber Monday! Over the weekend, I was catching up on podcasts via the iPhone. One radio show that isn't here in ...
Cyber Monday Breaking Records So Far, Akamai Says — Xconomy
e-commerce , Internet , retail
Wade Roush wrote:
Today is Cyber Monday—the Internet sequel to the Black Friday retailing rush. And according to Cambridge, MA-based Akamai, whose global network of content servers is used by hundreds of large e-commerce sites to accelerate ...
December trading strategies, gift cards to buy & avoid and cyber monday shopping guide - Today in Money 12/1 — BloggingStocks
In the News:
· Holiday Shopping Season Off to a Modest Start
· Web Retailers Banking on 'Cyber Monday'
· Cyber Monday Deals Could Open Door to Spam and Scams
· Black Friday Sales Rose, But More Discounts Loom
· GM Board Reviews Restructuring ...
The Holiday Spending Head Fake — 24/7 Wall St.
Management of companies in the retail sector are waking up to sunny skies today.
Evidence is that Black Friday sales moved up 3% over last year.
But sales are not profits, and that is one piece of the puzzle which seems to have been lost.
An ...
Holiday retail: sales are not profits — BloggingStocks
Santa is losing money on every delivery. That makes paying for reindeer feed tough.
Analysts looking at US retail sales for Black Friday say that there has been a slight improvement over last year. But, that may not mean much to retailer bottom lines. According to The New York Times, "The ...
Black Friday: More Pessimistic Views — Calculated Risk
Some anecdotes from the Financial Times: Black Friday sales suggest longer stay in red (hat tip Mark) [B]y FAO Schwarz, the queue stretched half way along the toy store. “Usually it’s all the way around the block,” said Ariel, manning a stand selling fluorescent paintings of nearby landmarks, ...
NRF: Holiday Season Off to Energetic Start — Calculated Risk
This is a pretty optimistic take from the National Retail Federation: NRF Survey Finds Black Friday Gets Holiday Season Off to Energetic Start (no link yet) Though the holiday season is far from over, retailers across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief after shoppers headed to ...
E-Commerce Spending Flat For "Black Friday" (AMZN)(EBAY)(WMT)(TGT) — 24/7 Wall St.
Some figures picked up in the media from research house ShpperTrak showed retail sales on Black Friday up 3%, which was much better than the most gloomy forecasts. The level of consumer spending may not stay high, but it is an indication that the holiday may not be a complete wash-out for a ...
[Stupid] Mainstream media, upset that their dire predictions of retail doom and gloom proved false on Black Friday, are now spinning it that we aren't buying enough gadgets — Fark.com RSS
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More on Black Friday — Calculated Risk
From MarketWatch: Black Friday sales chalk up 3% gain from last year Strong discounts brought U.S. consumers to the stores on "Black Friday" ... with estimated sales rising 3% from last year, according to industry analyst ShopperTrak RCT Corp. ... "While this is an encouraging start for ...
Black Friday: Shoppers Cautious — Calculated Risk
Just returned from Joshua Tree (awesome trip).... From the LA Times: Black Friday shoppers spend -- with caution Holiday sales grew 2.4% to $460.2 billion last year compared with the previous year, according to the National Retail Federation. Many retail experts are now saying that if this ...
Retail Sales Up +3%: What Happened to The Worst Economy Since the Great Depression? — CARPE DIEM
Waco, Texas -- "Shoppers out in droves for Black Friday despite weakening economy." Waco shoppers Friday gave Scrooge the boot and thumbed their noses at a bad economy as they filled parking lots and even did some good-natured shoving as they entered stores en masse. Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) ...
Holiday Retail Sales Up: What Happened To The Worst Economy Since The Great Depression? — Daily Markets
Waco, Texas - “Shoppers out in droves for Black Friday despite weakening economy.” Waco shoppers Friday gave Scrooge the boot and thumbed their noses at a bad economy as they filled parking lots and even did some good-natured shoving as they entered stores en masse.
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Black Friday is Dumb! — Howard Lindzon
There is no dumber day in America.
We should be embarrassed that we continue to be conned after the year that we have had.
No amount of shopping will make up for the stupidity of the retailers over the last 7 years of expansion. Not only is retail overbuilt at a time when the consumer is ...
Black Friday: Will There Be A Surge In Retail Stocks? — Daily Markets
The day that US retailers count on to turn their balance sheets from red to black. However, any retailer that believes their balance sheet will transform from red to black today believes in Santa Clause. The reality of the real economy is all one needs to gauge consumer spending this year.
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Video: Black Friday’s Stocks To Watch — Daily Markets
On a shortened trading session on “Black Friday,” all eyes and wallets will be focused on electronics, toys, and clothing retail companies Walmart, Target, Besy Buy and JC Penney to see if their sales meet and beat expectations/ … [ visit site to read more ]
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