“Retailers said that unseasonably warm weather dampened sales at the beginning of the month.”
Is it just me or does this sentence not make any sense at all? Warm weather dampens sales? So if it were cold and snowy more people would have shopped?
Everybody went water-skiing on Black Friday. Boat rentals surged.
That must be where today’s happy jobs numbers came from.
“Retailers said that unseasonably warm weather dampened sales at the beginning of the month.”
Yes, I thought that was a really stupid comment as well. Are they saying people would rather get out and run around if it’s cold and rainy or snowy? They talk like people were spending the day at the beach instead of shopping.
It makes perfect sense to me (I'm strange) because I don't like to shop for Christmas until the weather is cold. It doesn't seem like Christmas when it's 70 degrees outside. Today would be a perfect day to shop with 38 degree weather. All that global warming & all. We may even get snow later if we are lucky!
Old retailer here. Snow is needed to set the spirit. Doesn’t have to be big, bad snowstorm...but the first snow kinda snow sure helps improve the mood.
Corny...yah. True.