Bleak Friday for retailers

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r snitch — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:25:45 GMT

only have 2 people on my christmas list and we decided on no gifts and take a short trip to the beach in hawaii, as we have friends there for a place to stay so it will be relatively inexpensive. tickets and food. so you can put on all the sales u want, im in depression mode, if i dont need it and if it breaks look for something else around the house that will do the trick. mahalo and aloha

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V La Froscia — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:42:49 GMT

Agree with many of you, this headline is a BOLD-FACED LIE !! Early estimates are that sales are up 3% from Black Friday last year but the idiotic media has to play up gloom to sell. Is it any wonder your business models are dying a painful and slow death? Please, do the good people of the world a favor and cut your own business throats, we'd all be better off without you, you're not helping and you're certainly not providing news, which by definition isn't opinion and certainly should be true.

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ed — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:34:29 GMT

if Christmas, commercialized version, is not dead- it should be! Forget about any "true meaning" of Christmas-for us the real holiday is about shopping and buying-and now we don't even deserve that.Stay home, save your money, and think about sharing, spreading and giving peace this year (no one was ever trampled to death or shot doing that)-not counting the alleged crucifiction that is.

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Drew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:21:31 GMT

Ya'll are killing me. Yea, let's just shoot the mesenger. Forget the fact that the WORLD economy is in the midst of a massive deleveraging, along with U.S. corporations and yes U.S. citizens. The doom and gloom media is just reporting what it sees. The media could lie to us(more than they normally do) and it might help, but the problems will still be there.

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Jeff — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:44:13 GMT

Maybe we should have elected Howard Stern as the new president?

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Linda in Nebraska — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:41:23 GMT

I live in Nebraska and have 2 jobs and havent changed much how I spend, watched it closer when gas was higher but I agree cut the doom and gloom media people!!and here's a idea lets all stop buying papers and watching the news maybe when their income or job is lost they will stop scaring everyone all the stores in my area were packed I didnt even go out and if there is no one shopping how did that security guard lose his life at walmart?? HE GOT RAN OVER BY THE MASS CROWD!!!!!

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J.T. — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:39:29 GMT

This is the kind of article that scares people, and they need to stop. When people see an article of doom they are drawn to it and unfortunatly believe it. I work in retail and black Friday was a mad house! I work in a pretty well off area, so if it was a mad house here I don't even want to imagine what it was like other places. The media has influenced much of this crisis and they will keep doing it because their paychecks increase with our panic. Don't buy into it.

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Dan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:11:17 GMT

According to me the best way to boost the economy is to create jobs. when you create jobs people can stay in their houses they can have money to spend in something else. I don't believe in bailing out companies can solve the economic problem. we have to find out the best solution otherwise you will see the rate of unemployment raise up.

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GD — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:21:25 GMT

My business as a whole was up 20% over last year until the news began reporting all of the doom and gloom and negative things. We are located in Dallas, which has one of the strongest economies in the US. Now everyone is worried that the sky will fall and they will be without a house by Christmas. Are you kidding me? My business has now fallen to 35% of our 2007 numbers. Pay attention media people, now I can't afford to spend $50,000 a month advertising with you because you killed our business!!!!

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SK — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:55:29 GMT

Things didn't look to bleak where I was. Ton's of shoppers everywhere, long lines and people spending money. The media is too gloomy. As long as people have jobs they're going to spend for Christmas. The unemployment rate is only about 6%... let's call it 7% so that means 93% of people have jobs. I saw a steady stream of people walking out of the apple store today with brand new macbooks. Enough doom and gloom people... we're gonna survive! www.generationyinvestor.com