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21 Nov

Black Friday is a Comin’ !

by Barry Ritholtz
It’s become a favorite holiday tradition around these parts: wait for the National Retail Federation annual holiday spending...

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31 May

Record Vehicle Sales

by Barry Ritholtz
Nice graphic via Federated (Its a few months old already):   Source: Federated  

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20 Apr

Your Email Marketing Sucks

by Barry Ritholtz
The rise of the email, internet and mobile computing has changed the landscape for how traditional retailers and other companies...

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10 Dec

When it Comes to Consumer Spending, There’s Automobiles, and...

by Barry Ritholtz
Have a look at retail sales. They have been fairly soft, disappointing, or whatever measured phrases like “OK, not terrible, but not...

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30 Nov

The Atlantic: Black Friday Sales Numbers Are Bunk

by Barry Ritholtz
  Check out this awesome and well researched discussion of one of my pet peeves.   click for full article Source: The Atlantic...

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18 Nov

The Grinch Will Set you Straight About Holiday Retail Sales

by Barry Ritholtz
Thanksgiving is next week. Along with the family and turkey and fixin’s comes the annual — and historically terrible —...

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28 Oct

Consumers’ Holiday Spending Plans

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Torsten Sløk, Ph.D., Deutsche Bank Research     The Gallup survey (above) was carried out from October 7 to October...

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11 Jun

Wal-Mart’s Pay Raises Are Paying Dividends

by Barry Ritholtz
Wal-Mart Learns to Live Without Everyday Poverty Wages Employee turnover is down, but will profits rise? Bloomberg, June 11, 2015  ...

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20 Mar

Online Shopping Trends

by Barry Ritholtz
Click for complete infographic  

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5 Feb

RadioShack’s Strategic Confusion

by Barry Ritholtz
    Source: WSJ

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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