With our earlier look at Inflation free CPI out of the way, let’s have a gander at Retail Sales. Did they really increase 1% in...
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We have long used this platform to provide a reality check on some of the questionable errata we hear from various entities. It seems...
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There has been a bit of debate as to how weak or strong the U.S. Consumer truly is. Considering that he/she has been acting as the...
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One of the issues we have been discussing has been how widely and deeply Retailers will be discounting, and what it means to the overall...
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The latest retail sales data is out, and its rather mixed: -Gap fell 2 percent. They expect pressure on profit margins to continue into...
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I’m kinda dumfounded to see this issue come up time and again, but — there they go again: The National Retail Federation is once...
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No big linkfest this weekend due to holiday travel — but since there is such an enormous amount of discussion about Retail Sales...
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TIcker Sense has a nice few charts up showing how the Markets (Thanksgiving Returns) and the Retail sector perform post Thanksgiving....
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One of the very cool things about Google Spreadsheets is how fully web integrated it is. The web side of it is not an afterthought, but...
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