Apparently the same math method used for Climate change.
Too many negative connotations.
Go back to calling it, "The Day After Thanksgiving."
When Obama loses next November I predict a record Christmas buying season.
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Since the first Bush presidency, I have noticed that Christmas retail seasons are always touted to be below expectations when a Republican (or is it simply when a Bush) is president, while they always exceed expectations when a Demoncrat is president.
No, folks, no bias here.
The radio news readers were soiling themselves with glee over the record setting Black Friday as I was driving to a suburban Boston Costco the next day. This particular Costco is at the end of a very busy retail boulivard. There were cops on overtime at every intersection, standing around. As we went in to the store, I told my wife that I had NEVER seen any Costco that empty on a weekend afternoon in my 25 years of shopping there.
At least one retailer that I know about missed it’s Black Friday target, but made it up over the five day (Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) shopping weekend by doing unexpectedly well online.
-——but not for price changes,-——
That is the meat and potatoes of the report.
The sales were greater because of inflation. the prices of stuff rose, not the volume of goods sold
The entire gummit has turned into a Politboro.
Pray for America
How about this? Unless you have the money to live for 5 years without working, don’t buy much for Christmas.