On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:46:09 -0500, "P Fritz"
wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
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"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?

Malls have become a thing of the past. (already) The new trend is
streetscape type developments with all stores having a exterior entrance and
convenient parking


I wish you'd tell that to the folks building the malls around here!

One of our biggest, Tyson's Corner, just increased it's size by about a third.
The others remain packed!

We now have a local LL Bean. Seems like they wouldn't put the money into a thing
of the past.
--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"
[A Self-obsessed Hypocrite]