A Ho-Hum [Retail] Christmas Already? [lose all hope, all ye who click here]

Business & Media Institute ^ | November 7, 2007 | Julia A. Seymour

[1rudeboy]

"That's it, man! Game over, man! Game over! What the **** are we going to do now? What are we going to do?"

[ClearCase_guy]

Just so long as nobody starts “talking down the economy”, I think we’ll be OK.

[theDentist]

They started the “Lousy Christmas” talk about the same time last year.

[donna]

Nobody buying poisoned Chinese toys?

Maybe when they go on sale.

[icwhatudo]

On a brighter note-Walmart has its "CHRISTMAS" shop open. When we went to the outside department almost everything was "Merry CHRISTMAS!" and the main display was a huge nativity hung above the entire department.

On to home depot, most of the Christmas trees are actually tagged as "CHRISTMAS" trees and one of the main inflatables that is at the entrance to the department is printed with a huge Merry Christmas!

May not be a big deal to others...but I liked it and told both store managers that I appreciated it!

[Abathar]

Best of the four in my opinion.

[RobRoy]

I don’t need CNN to tell me anything.

I need only the knowledge that people cannot use their homes as ATM machines this year to tell me that this will be a really bad retail Christmas.

Our economy is built on credit. When people aint got it, they don’t buy stuff.

It’s not rocket science.

[Fledermaus]

It’s Deja Vu all over again.

[1rudeboy]

What's to stop people from using their homes as ATM machines this year over any other, apart from less favorable terms?

I mean, if you are CNN's target demographic (easily convinced of impending doom), and believe that our nearly six-year economic expansion is purely credit-driven . . . .

[weegee]

It’s so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

[weegee]

As opposed to the 1990s internet stock bubble.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Is the MSM even allowed to use the word “Christmas” anymore?

[jmyrlefuller]

and believe that our nearly six-year economic expansion is purely credit-driven

Well, if the shoe fits... loans and credit pouring in to pay for services. It's the ultimate phony economy. Personally I hope it crashes so that we stop sending our dollars overseas, the dollar rebuilds its value and those of us who actually follow the laws of economics can buy stuff at lower prices again.

[RobRoy]

Individual cases notwithstanding, I am talking about the general climate.

The general climate is, fugetaboutit.

[dakine]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/

Yep...

[1rudeboy]

When dicussing economics, it’s best to leave metaphysics to the side.

[Jim Noble]

On a brighter note-Walmart has its "CHRISTMAS" shop open.

Christmas is December 25, dude.

Thanksgiving (remember that?) is more than two weeks away.

Pimping Christmas when the leaves are still on the trees is sacrilegious and a disgrace.

Brighter note for the Prince of this World, maybe.

[RobRoy]

;)

[1rudeboy]

In keeping with my movie motif:

"Ya know, someday this expansion's gonna' end."

[TexasCajun]

Santa and I have already had a discussion.

I promised not to drink & cuss so much & he promised to bring me a big ole flat-screen HDTV!

Woo-Hoo!