Weekend as a chance to get a jump on the Holiday Shopping, chinas single day may actually be the biggest worldwide. In fact, ecommerce behemoths ali baba expanded its single day offering to take place over 11 days this year and nearly doubled sales to more than 75 1000000000. 00. And thats ali baba alone, while black friday was once and now known for outrageous door busters that caused consumers to line up in front of Big Box Stores like target, walmart, and best buy 2019 was the 1st year in which more people shopped online than in store for the most part, sales figures have continued to trend up over the last 2 decades. But the covert 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in a customers pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis
Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven
Offerings. Sta instacart delivers from sephora and best buy and ewinger eats. So will they be overwhelmed or perfectly positioned i think this is the big question everyone swondering as is wondee ecommerce take a big jump door dash had a face plant weechlt talk abo well talk about that i want to point out our own Melissa Repco on cnbc. Com has a great piece about exactly this brick mortar issue doorbesters not really happening this year. The retailers dont want you busting down the doors they want you staying at home and ordering and theyre putting incentives in that direction all right. Moving on for now. Astrazeneca, the latest pharma giant out with positive vaccine news maybe some of the vaccines will help to get to be door busters. After the citizen kashgs the Third Company to come out with the efficacy results these are a little more mixed when you compare them with the others lets take a look. The reason theyre mixed is because they had two different dosing regimens. One of them
Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
Teach, put in context. Call me 1800743cnbc or tweet me jim cramer the market cooled off today. The dow sliding 67 points. Nasdaq advancing. 04 . Come on, lets face it all eyes are on next week. When we come in on monday, well know who won the election. How do you respond simple you should do nothing. Why . Because it looks like once again that we are going to have divided governments. With divided government, there is not a lot the president can do biden may be aggressive about protecting the environment or fighting covid19,less questions on cracking down china he got all these different departments that can make rulings. I wish i can Say Something simplest simplest simplestic sell your trump stocks sure trump is friendly to fossil fuels. Other than chevron and pioneer, the whole Group Remains investable biden cannot hold all of it back on the other hand, a bidens is t presidency may make nicer on china. This is mad money, not mad trade policy. So we have to factor in what it would mea