There are a bunch of things that are conspiring. Plummeting Consumer Confidence thanks to your government that shut down the government for a while, a shorter Holiday Season, and recent robust sales of cars and washing machines, that might take away from sales from soft line retailers, things like slows and toys this Holiday Season. Analysts at Morgan Stanley forecast that holiday sales will go up, but only by 1. 6 . Thats two Percentage Points lower over the increase the year before. That would make for the slowest holiday sales growth in five years. Because of that they predict the Holiday Season will be the most promotional one weve seen since the dark days of the recession in 2008. Well see good deals this Holiday Season but that may not be enough of a good deal for the broader economy. Today on twitter and facebook weve been asking you will you spend more or less this Holiday Season versus last year . Jesse said plan to spend half of what we spent last year. Didnt budget last year
Pakistani governments offer of talks. President obama said he and iraqi Prime Minister nouri Nouri Almaliki discusse discuss havew they can fight the rising iraqi violence. Secretary of state john kerry has talked more about transparency and those are your storiestopstories. Real money with ali velshi is next. Let the discounting begin. Retailers are desperate to fatten up sales because holiday sales are looking way too lean. Why one expert said the consumer landscape is the land of mediocrity. Im ali velshi, and this is real monereal money. Er this is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Join us on twitter aj real money. Holiday discounts are here and were barely into november. Even though we have two months to go to buy gifts for christmas, retailers are not starting early just to annoy us. Theyre genuinely require worrit the holiday purchases. Usually big retailers like walmart, target, and toys r us are offering holiday deals closer to thanksgiving. But not this
Maui Academy of Performing Arts has started construction on its new black box theater in the former National Dollar Store building at 2027 Main Street in Wailuku. With plans to consolidate programming in the new facility, the Board of Directors made the decision to list MAPA’s other two commercial buildings across the street for sale with Commercial Properties of Maui.
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