Posts Tagged ‘retail’

Thanksgiving Shoppers Show Financial Discipline

More Americans went shopping over Thanksgiving weekend than last year, but managed to shop more responsibly and spend less, according to an analysis reported by Bloomberg.
According to the National Retail Federation, 195 million Americans went shopping, either in store or online, between Thursday and Sunday, up from 172 million in 2008. Total spending is estimated [...]

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Retail Sales Up, Initial Jobless Claims Down

Reports from various government agencies released late this week indicate important improvement in various sectors of the economy, including retail sales and, surprising, employment.
Jobless Numbers
The Department of Labor reported on November 5th that initial jobless claims for the previous week fell to 512,000, a drop of 20,000 from the previous week. And, perhaps most promising, [...]

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