Way, early reports from Software Firm adobe show that shoppers spent more than a billion dollars online between midnight and 5 00 a. M. , that is up about 20 from just last year. Target reported a strong start to its black friday weekend, the retailer said its stores saw a solid turn out yesterday and that thanksgiving Internet Sales were the biggest ever. Other retail ceos also like what theyre seeing. Were very pleased with what were seeing on the internet with people shopping on thanksgiving and this morning and were very pleased with the traffic in our stores as well. Last night was clearly the kick off to thanksgiving shopping and we saw it not with just the lines but with the purchasing. So we were very encouraged that people finally not only came out, but came out and bought. Its been very promotional early in the cycle here. We certainly offered a tremendous amount of value, we had a lot of kickoff sales last night as part of our thanksgiving opening. Weve got a lot of reasons
Way, early reports from Software Firm adobe show that shoppers spent more than a billion dollars online between midnight and 5 00 a. M. , that is up about 20 from just last year. Target reported a strong start to its black friday weekend, the retailer said its stores saw a solid turn out yesterday and that thanksgiving Internet Sales were the biggest ever. Other retail ceos also like what theyre seeing. Were very pleased with what were seeing on the internet with people shopping on thanksgiving and this morning and were very pleased with the traffic in our stores as well. Last night was clearly the kick off to thanksgiving shopping and we saw it not with just the lines but with the purchasing. So we were very encouraged that people finally not only came out, but came out and bought. Its been very promotional early in the cycle here. We certainly offered a tremendous amount of value, we had a lot of kickoff sales last night as part of our thanksgiving opening. Weve got a lot of reasons
Who are the winner and losers from inflation . The primary responsibility r controlling inflation rests with the National Administration. Finally, in the 1970s, the government was pushed to take drastic action. What was the result . Rising prices became a fact of life despite the clamor to do something about it. Inflation how did the spiral begin . With economic analyst richard gill, well explore that on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. What is inflation . Here at the bureau of labor statistics, they measure inflation, in a sense, with the Consumer Price index, totaling the costs of goods and services, then comparing them from month to month and year to year. Inflation has affected everybody. Some look back nostalgically to the threecent postage stamp. When prices go up a little, were not surprised. But when they get out of hand, we take notice, as we did in the late 1960s when prices began spiraling upward. What caused that spiral . As the country grew in the 1950s
Straight weeks for all the stat keepers back at hq. Crude oil plummeting on opecs decision to stand pat on output quotas. Oil stocks taking a hit on that news. We saw a low of 67 on wti. Brent well alove that back to 73. You can see airlines, the reverse story. Very positive moves there given thats one of their key cost inputs. It is coming down. Our road map starts with black friday. Stores and online. Well have live reports from across the country this morning with retails winners and losers. Is this a new era for Energy Prices . Oil plunges as opec fails to agree on production cuts. What it means for fuel prices in the markets and u. S. Shale producers. And a live interview with target ceo Brian Cornell. Well talk about his turnaround plan for the retailer, that data breach which has wideranging consequences and promotions planned for this Holiday Season. Bargain hunters out in force this morning but shoppers hit the stores on thanksgiving evening. Courtney reagan is in dayton, ohio
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