Sunday, November 25, 2012
New study finds two-thirds of respondents expect to spend same amount as 2011.
The percentage of consumers who plan to sustain or increase their holiday spending in 2012 when compared to 2011 is growing, according to a recent national survey by the NPD Group. The survey saw increases in respondents who plan to spend “About The Same” or “More” and a decrease in those who plan to spend “Less:" Survey Response 2012 2011 “Plan to Spend More” 10% 9% “Plan to Spend about the Same” 67% 64% “Plan to Spend Less” 23% 27% An article in the Baltimore Sun quoted NPD’s chief industry analyst Marshal Cohen as seeing “a light at the end of the tunnel with more consumers telling us they plan to 'spend about the same' and less planning to 'spend less.'" While the survey results paint a somewhat rosy picture for retailers such as …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
You might be surprised of the modern use of the term.
1. The modern use of the term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in 1966, according to several published reports, including Time magazine. It was a term Philadelphia Police used to describe mobs of shoppers and gridlocked downtown traffic the day after Thanksgiving. 2. Around 1980, Black Friday came to be known as the day retailers ended the red ink of sales losses and moved into the black ink of profit, according to Mother Jones magazine. 3. The original use of the term dates back to the Sept. 24, 1864, stock-market panic triggered by plunging gold prices. 4. Black Friday has only recently become the busiest shopping day of the year. Between 1991 to 2001 it didn't rank in the top five. The Saturday before Christmas ranked as No. 1…
The day after Thanksgiving will allow access for sections of the barrier island of Toms River
While so many others are in supermarket lines, wondering the order of what to cook and prep first for Thanksgiving, many Ortley Beach families are contemplating lines to get into the Hurricane Sandy ravaged barrier island, wondering how to drag furniture and belongings from homes they still have limited access to. The Black Friday opening of the bridge for families in Ortley Beach has further interrupted a holiday season that is forever changed, as residents try to rebuild and salvage their homes. Linda, who lives on the bayside portion of Ortley Beach, is one. She spent Tuesday looking for friends capable of the heavy lifting of furniture, who’d want to give up a day off and trade it for manual labor. They’d have to wake up early after …
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7:40 am on Friday, November 23, 2012
I think this "Black Friday" thing has gotten way out of control. Stores opening at midnight! Abosolutely ridiculous. I wouldn't shop on the day after Thanksgiving if the store paid me to do so. more ›