Stores' Dilemma: To Deploy Discounts Now or Hold the Line
Its Ann Taylor and its Loft outlets have discount banners "ready to go" should consumers need an incentive to shop, she said.
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"After solid traffic the first couple of days, it looks like the middle of August out there," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for retail watcher NPD Group.
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Sluggish sales in the first week of December have some experts saying that inflection point is near.
Final Look at Local Housing Markets in October and a Look Ahead to November
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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Local
Housing Markets in October and a Look Ahead to November Sales
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That film was so true and disturbing all at the same time.
Awesome Fail Blog entry:
http://failblog.org/2009/12/12/name-fail-10/
Nice name.
Epic Cash Withdrawal Fail
http://u.tv/News/Thieves-fail-in-ATM-robbery-bid/fe8e3e2c-ee6d-4bac-8818-37a6ab431976
Police found a Caterpillar digger with its engine still running and a Nissan flatbed, both abandoned by the thieves.
Geez, things must be getting rough out there!
GYSC,
Yeah. Cash must be short. People are resorting to mining it. Sounds deflationary. You'd certainly not expect to see it during hyperinflation anyway.
Roman Deep-vein Mining
http://www.unc.edu/~duncan/personal/roman_mining/deep-vein_mining.htm
The third technique, deep-vein mining, was the most difficult and dangerous. Only gold and silver were valuable enough to justify digging underground.
Behold the fourth technique, even more difficult and dangerous apparently. Score one for cold hard cash. ;)
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