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MarketWatch By Tonya Garcia, MarketWatch 1 hr. ago ( 12:20 PM 11/27/15).
Traffic at stores declined on Thanksgiving Day and into the wee hours of Black Friday analysts say, though executives at major retailers were pleased with the turnout.
“We believe Thanksgiving shopping was a bust,” said analysts at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in a note. They conducted channel checks in the New York metro area, New England and the Southeast region starting on Thanksgiving Day and throughout the night into Black Friday.
SunTrust said specialty retail and apparel team members who went to malls “had no problem finding parking or navigating stores” and “there seemed to be more browsing than buying and less items purchased.”
This was also true at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. stores, with lines at about half of what they were last year. Kohl’s Corp. was the exception, SunTrust analysts said, with many customers looking for items that weren’t available on sale online.
Among individual merchandise categories, tech was a big winner.
“Electronics ruled supreme once again with customers focusing on door buster deals on TVs, soundbars, cell phones, tablets and Apple,” SunTrust said.
I will concede that Sun Trust whomever may not be the final authority and the final numbers may not yet be in, but it looks like the forecasts are starting truer than false?
Am as usual astounded but not completely surprised at the crazies out there that grab a gun or other tool of murder and mayhem and go after whomever?
Have not yet seen where a motive by the guy who went after the Planned Parenthood shop in Colorado Springs, CO.? But one Police Officer dead along with two others and nine wounded is a hell uva body count by any standard. Should be of interest to find out what made this guy from what one report stated as one of the Carolina's did what he did? This brings into question how he was such a good shot? 1 Officer and 2 innocents dead, 4 Police wounded along with 4 more innocents. On the surface, I am impressed with his marksmanship? If truly from one of the Carolina's, he could for sure be retired military? And if served overseas as so, so many did, could explain his ability to hit a target?
Saw a cable show the other day where a talking head commented that it was a fact (?), that police hit their target only 34% of the time when firing. Now this fact is ambiguous in that if a person is down behind a wall/ car and the police are firing to keep him contained (?), a lot of bullets with no hits. If they have a good exposure on some one and only hit 34% or the time, it could indicate that training is insufficient to help maintain calm/ cool in a shooting situation? In either case lot of chance for the innocents to get hit. No easy solution here?
Am article also states the clinic was built like a "fortress". Still the guy found an opening and got in. This particular clinic has apparently been a target before and would explain its defenses?
Had the most interesting conversation yesterday in one of our local stores. Three of us standing there and the one guy was talking about a legal problem with a state agency. It was already at the WV. Supreme Court. The county court in question would not touch it and kicked it upstairs. That in itself was interesting; and will point out, it was not Wood County. I told him that he had little chance until it got to a Federal Court. He said, I know you are right. Makes me feel some what comforted to know others understand WV. Politics, be it he Legislative, Judicial or Executive branches. Ain't nothin' for the little folks.
The guy I knew said to the other one who I knew only from his working in the store and an occasional aside to him as I did my shopping that if there was problem to come talk to me. In reference to our little part of the World- Vienna.
He than stated they were "scared to death of him" (me). I said that was of course not true, I am nobody in this world. He said it was because if I found the City was doing something wrong, I would point it out. And there will be some interesting information tomorrow (Monday), on City activities or unfortunately a lack of them.
The one who knows me for some time has been after me to point out issues with the State Agency he is fighting with, but does not provide anything that I can do anything with as far as research to support his positions? I believe him to be right, but would like a little something to hang my hat on, if you know what I mean? 'nuff said.