Word: holidaying
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...more than 2.5% within a few hours of the announcement.) A report by the NPD Group, which tracks retail sales, showed that Apple store sales declined 1% in November compared with a year ago, even at a time when PC sales increased 2%. Analysts, extrapolating to the pending post-holiday doldrums, when No One Will Buy Anything Ever Again, deemed this significant. If people stop buying stuff, that goes double for expensive stuff. And Apple occupies the premium space in the computing world. Jobs has famously and consistently refused to dance the price-cutting limbo with PC makers. As recently...
...tight credit and unpaid receivables that is forcing them to burn through cash and capital in a manner not seen in generations. Detroit North is asking for C$6.8 billion in government assistance, including C$800 million that GM Canada needs immediately to keep its lights on over the holiday season...
Harvard Square shops and restaurants are staying afloat despite grim prospects for the holiday shopping season nationally. Still, the Square is pushing for ways to bolster business—especially for locally owned, independent shops. “We are always in campaign mode, encouraging people to come to Harvard Square,” said Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Businesses Association. “It is our mission to promote commerce in Harvard Square.” HSBA coordinates several events throughout the year to encourage more people to come to the Square, including...
...economic records, like the biggest drop in same-store sales, the largest decline in home values, and the longest decline in purchases since record keeping began. A record that probably drew less attention, though, was the one-day sales record for a computer game. In a month when, despite holiday shopping, retail sales actually fell 1.8 percent, Blizzard sold 2.8 million copies of their new World of Warcraft expansion, “Wrath of the Lich King,” at $40 a pop and in just...
Even More Sparkly. For people you really like, Dom Pérignon, the name that has become synonymous with champagne, is releasing three special vintages this holiday season: Dom Pérignon Vintage 2000 ($150), with toasty, mineral notes; Oenothèque Vintage 1995 ($400), which "is killer with caviar," according to Dom's Chef de Cave, Richard Geoffroy; and Rosé Vintage 1998 ($450), which, with notes of salt and fruit, is rare and sold in limited quantities and goes well with everything...