Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Holiday Retail Numbers Worst Since 2008


http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/senate-approves-warrantless-email-snooping



Retailers are experiencing their worst holiday season sales since 2008, Reuters reports
Holiday-related sales rose 0.7 percent from October 28 through December 24, compared with a 2 percent increase last year, according to data from MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.
The preliminary estimate from SpendingPulse is in line with other estimates showing weak growth during the holiday season, when retailers can book about 30 percent of annual sales and in many cases half of their profits. ...
IMO it's that uncertainty the republicans keep referring to they are obstructing and holding up the advancement to favor the rich. the people not the freakin business that are uncertain which in their language trickles up to the big business they screw with our future we stall theirs.
what they planned has had a turn in fortune we are sitting on the money till they give us som certainty they are willing to cooperate and let the rich issue go, we have all taken that antidote to their etch a sketching, we will remember.