The decrease in the Northeast was likely not due to any kind of economic malaise, but the rainy weather.
Retailers registered about $10.66 billion in sales Friday, up 0.5% from a year ago, according to a report Saturday from sales and traffic tracking firm ShopperTrak.Regionally, the firm said year-over-year Black Friday sales rose 4.7% in the West, increased 1.3% in the Midwest, edged up 0.6% in the South, but declined 4.9% in the Northeast, where there was rain in many sections.
Brisk Snuggie sales may seem unusual, but the blankets were on sale at Kmart for a low, low $9.99. Just don't put them in the dryer.
Early shopping tally: Some gems, some coal [CNN Money] (Thanks, humphrmi!)
Black Friday Crowds Grab Discounted Flat-Panel TVs, Computers [Bloomberg News]
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]]>Blew last year's Black Friday sales out by over $100K. Not too shabby for a "recession."
]]>DOWn, baby, DOWn!
]]>Oh, and of course I never got up and went to Target. As if I was ever really going to.
]]>Most of my BF shopping involved buying a few things for the kids off of Limited Too/Justice at 40% off that I would have bought anyway. I did that at home at 8am in about ten minutes time. At least around here the whole thing was a non-event.
]]>Was it me? Or did the media REALLY get into the hyping of black friday on a new level this year, constantly telling us that the quantities were in limited supplies, the shelves were going to be empty, and that the sales were going to be REALLY good this year?
]]>Decrease in NE due to rainy weather? Actually, a little bit of rain without extreme temps or precipitation is a positive for mall traffic, as it limits outdoor activity options.
Not sure with the proliferation of home broadband that Cyber Monday is going to be a real event -- who needs to wait until they get to work on Monday to get online?
]]>My Mother-In-Law bought me some and I'm supposed to pretend I'm surprised on Xmas and that I like them. I hate consumerism :(
It's not 'the blanket with sleeves', it's not a 'slanket'. Neither Snuggie nor the Slanket is a real invention, it's a god d*** robe that you wear backwards. This whole 'blanket w/ sleeves' story that college kid tells that invented the 'slanket' that Snuggie ripped off is BS imo. It's a robe that you wear backwards, kid probably put one on backwards by mistake and thought it was cool. Sheesh how people make a buck these days amazes the crap out of me.
]]>That, I'm afraid, was my only contribution to the economy on Black Friday. I still might head out to Target later, though, for a few Christmas gifts for kids of family/friends. If I could be bothered to get up and dressed. heh
]]>All in all, after going through all my reciepts for the little shopping I did on thanksgiving night and black friday, I saved about $200.00.
Might not seem like a lot.... but my budget was a pitiful $200.00, lol. So, it worked out for me. :-)
]]>Speaking of, I feel like a nap.
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