"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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Was Black Friday sales good? Or poor? It depends upon who you ask.
Look at the following headlines:


AP: 'There was a lot of hype, but results were on lukewarm side'...
NYT: Mall Stores See Trouble in Sales Data...


Financial Times: Wall Street seen boosted by strong Black Friday...
BLOOMBERG: 'It was a very good weekend'...


Why are liberals eternal pessimists?
NYT story: Who do you suppose they interviewed about sales data? Do you
have that information? Do you think the NYT invented stories from
non-existent merchants?


The NYT chose to focus their headlines on the negative mall store data
(down a mere 0.9% if early estimates are accurate) rather than the
exceptionally strong data coming from the discount chains outside the
mall...which saw an 11.4% increase in spending.


Why does a 0.9% decline in sales make their headlines, but an 11.4%
increase doesn't get mentioned until halfway down an article about
"lukewarm" sales?



Late next summer, NOYB will be touting the increase in gasoline sales.
"After all, it's up 33-13% from last year."

Do you mean an increase in the number of gallons consumed?