technology in terms of price point was very strong. apple watches and michael kors has a great technology watch. that business was quite, quite good. apparel. finally gett ating a little col and we re selling the cold weather apparel. finally, it s been like a year since we sold cold weather apparel. people are feeling it, but one item people can t get. just a quick question. last time we talked to you trump has been elected president and macy s made the decision to yank his men s wear line because of what he said about mexicans more than a year ago. since he has now been elected will you change? will you restore trump s men wear? when you think about that decision, you cannot have the product of a political, you know, oriented person in your store because 48% of the people aren t going to like that, right? we sell to everybody at macy s. i wouldn t have a hillary
i have it right here. i would say later in the year closer to christmas, jewelry, apparel, that kind of stuff. if you re shopping for yourself, you know, then you wait until after christmas, honestly, those are the best deals altogether. what is a good deal, though? how much should i be looking to save? 65% are the best deals. we have been analyzing this all morning. 65% seem to be the best deals. i would not accept anything less than 45%. i gave you 35% every morning on early start. walk into banana republic and coupon codes are all the time. also be careful about retailers that put the price higher and then give you a really deep discount. be careful of that, too. there s also the price differentiati differentiation. talking about amazon prior to going on air. amazon is really interesting because what they do sometimes figure, they switch the price up a little bit. you ll see a product that was once discounted earlier in the year and is now back up, again. so you really
you mentioned, because of this el nino, we have warmer winter this warmer winter weather in many parts of the country. in terms of businesses that it is not so good for, a lot of ski resorts don t benefit from this. also some of the apparel retailers stocked up on winter coats and other types of cold weather apparel. in terms of winter, home depot, at this location here in new jersey, the location says that it is selling a lot of christmas trees now and mulch. mulch is something you don t normally see a lot of demand for at this time of the year. the company says despite the fact the midquarter can t share a lot of specifics, consumers aren t necessarily purchasing as many winter products right now, that overall when you see warmer weather in december, it is overall good for business. it drives a lot of outdoor projects. that s something wall street analysts say is the case for lowe s as well. auto parts retailers like auto zone because you see warmer weather, more driving. that mean
three children and their grandparents? a cop car out of control slamming into a packed restaurant stopping only inches from a firepit and tanks of propane on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s wednesday, december 28th. welcome to american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. so glad you re with us today. good morning, alina. up first, remember newt gingrich s pledge to keep his campaign positive? forget about it. with six days to go before the iowa caucuses the former house speaker kicked it into slice and dice mode. listen to newt gingrich in the situation room with wolf blitzer challenging mitt romney to man up. and the massachusetts governor was willing to return the fire. mitt romney s the guy running the most ads attacking me, and he s doing it through this disingenuous, oh, gee, i don t control all of my former staff and millionaire friends. it s baloney. he wants to defend his negativity, show up in io