On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:11:20 -0500, " *JimH*" wrote:


"P Fritz" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" 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



Yep. Retail, light commercial and residential all mixed into a large park.

Here is one in Westlake, Ohio within 15 minutes of us that opened just last
year:

http://www.crockerpark.com/

Here is one on the east side of Cleveland that opened a couple of years ago.

http://www.legacy-village.com

Here is one in Columbus, Ohio:

http://www.eastontowncenter.com/


They look nice. Reston, VA, has an area much like that. But, when it rains, the
malls catch all the folks afraid to get wet.
--
John H

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