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Retailers Hurt By East Coast Snow Storms As Post-Christmas Shoppers Stay Home

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First Posted: 12/27/10 11:30 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

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Bloomberg:

U.S. retailers expecting to ring up sales on the day after Christmas may have to intensify discounts after an East Coast snowstorm slammed the region yesterday, disrupting one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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U.S. retailers expecting to ring up sales on the day after Christmas may have to intensify discounts after an East Coast snowstorm slammed the region yesterday, disrupting one of the busiest shopping ...
U.S. retailers expecting to ring up sales on the day after Christmas may have to intensify discounts after an East Coast snowstorm slammed the region yesterday, disrupting one of the busiest shopping ...
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09:31 AM on 12/28/2010
Oh please... this is not news!
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02:48 PM on 12/27/2010
Why don't we just make a law to outlaw saving. Consumption junkie are the national hero. Jail the guy who has money in his mattress.
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01:47 PM on 12/27/2010
The snow storm was Obama's fault!!! We need Congress to endlessly investigate this!


SOCIALIST!!!!!
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Holly Smoke
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02:49 PM on 12/27/2010
right on baby !!
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03:29 PM on 12/27/2010
Obama compromised with the Arctic, caved in to global warming, and we are now importing more snow from Canada than we produce on our own.
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pj-smith
solidarity with OWS
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01:41 PM on 12/27/2010
oh well, there goes the recovery.
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01:16 PM on 12/27/2010
Most post-Christmas shopping is done on the Internet. The only thing that packs the store the day after Christmas is people returning to ghastly gifts they received for something more practical.
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bluguy8
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12:59 PM on 12/27/2010
Oh the sales will continue . Macy's will have their every wednesday sale every day now. It's all crap made in China . They can wait
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nixrox04
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12:56 PM on 12/27/2010
Why does the media continue to obsess and report on retail sales? We don't care how much of our money they want or make for offshore goods. The Chinese media should be more concerned than us! If they can't make high enough profits for their owners...too bad! Millions of Americans can't afford the goods they hawk endlessly to us.
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12:55 PM on 12/27/2010
Over hyped story...what about the other 2/3s of our nation that is not under snow? I think retail will be just fine in the big picture of consumerism gone off the rails. I have a new resolution this year...how little can I spend weekly....Scrooge in reverse I call it! What do you really need to live and what can you really live without?
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03:32 PM on 12/27/2010
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12:28 PM on 12/27/2010
Stupid weather. How dare it interfere with post holiday shopping.
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12:24 PM on 12/27/2010
Shoppers hurt by "Reagan-Bushmaggedon"?
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12:50 PM on 12/27/2010
Oh you know the Christian Right is going to blame this on the DADT repeal.
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12:20 PM on 12/27/2010
I guess these companies will think this entitles them to a government bailout also.
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