Rotten Holiday Season for Retailers

A weak economy and strong winter storms brought total retail sales down between 5.5 percent and 8 percent from a year ago, according to preliminary data from SpendingPulse. (Dec. 26)

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[salemrush]

Retail crap is marked up 300% so when you think you're getting a "discount", you're still getting ripped-off

[WhoRonPaul]

a serious economist wouldn't blame recession because that's happened before where sales have increased as the cure. the slump is more likely a cultural exchange based on new information as the status quo becomes more educated about federal reserve and the crooks in government

[JurkoffJay]

We don't need all those consumer bads anyways.

[ContrastY]

I do not understand this type of story.

Where is the story?

If people are not employed, people do not have money.

If people do not have money, they do not buy consumer goods.

[jehnubis]

40 years!? 20-30 more years and we gonna go back to the 1930's! Anyone smell a Great Depression here?

[aquafishsoup]

shopping shopping shopping

[cdltpx]

And the powers that make things happen are listening the world is warming. So to them all they need is another war to rid the planet of many millions of people. Unleash a few viruses some more of that depleated uranium some agent orange teach them to smoke tobacco anything to reduce the population. That way they reduce the carbon output the old fashioned way by getting rid of sheeple.

[leepakim]

I will go bargain hunting! yuuppeehh!!

[AdroitFilms]

To produce a war of nations, creates lots of jobs at home.

Steel, food, etc...

It's dumb as hell, but war does create jobs.

No doubt, there are better ways to create jobs, like ending war, and increasing productivity in such things like: Energy, Better Cars, etc.

[MrFireAss]

40 years........ 40 fuckin years.....

WAKE UP AMERICA.