Sunday, January 07, 2007

Mixed messages

It was a good Christmas.
Shoppers' Second Wind Keeps Retail Positive: The last week in December brought positive results for U.S. retailers as consumers redeemed gift cards and took advantage of post-Christmas deals, according to data released by the International Council of Shopping Centers on Wednesday. Weekly U.S. chain store sales increased by 0.3% for the week ending Dec. 30. Year-over-year sales grew 2.8%.

Some believe this momentum could parlay into a rich first quarter.

Christmas stunk.
Ho No No: Christmas Was Kind Of A Downer, After All: After all that fussing about the weather (too warm), the discounts on plasma TVs (too deep) and the shoppers (too few), major retailers made it official yesterday: Christmas 2006 is going into the books as kind of a dud.
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