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Walmart and Amazon were the wild cards, though, as both challenged electronics retailers on price every step of the way, allowing them to gain market share in the electronics sector. Walmart was especially competitive. "Walmart's [average] prices were 3.5% below Amazon, 4.2% below Target and down double digits compared to both Kmart and Toys "R" Us," said Goldman Sachs analyst Adrianne Shapira, in a note. "Walmart left no doubt as to who was the pricing leader...
Higher-end department stores such as Saks, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus saw decent traffic even though they didn't offer discounts that exceeded 70% as they did last year. "Inventories are much tighter and promotions much more reasonable, which should lead to good margins," says Balter...
...theory, he says, doorbuster sales are designed to lure shoppers into a store, where they'll buy other items. In reality though, "the guy who shows up at 4 o'clock in the morning to get your door-crashers is way too busy racing to another store that has a door-crasher that's starting at 6 o'clock and they want to get in line," he says. "It's nuts...
Diamond aficionados will notice that DiPasquale is in considerably better shape than he was in the first issue, though he’s just as hairy. And while in the sample issue there are only two photos of him—one rugged and unshaven (“Rough Diamond”) and one clean (“Polished Up”)—those shots of his flaccid penis are as hot as ever...
...soon the hats were opened up to everyone on the team—though the camo style changed and the message on the back was now a unified “Harvard Football...