all the money they spent locking people up and puts them prison, they ve put it into education programs. drug usage, especially among the youngs has declined. in colorado it shows overwhelmingly it s older people. it s a baby boom generation. there s a lot of tourists. i m looking at new numbers now out of colorado and a lot of them are tourists. they moved 60 to 65% over to the retail side. no one wants a 2-year-old to go to the e.r. but is that part of the argument? a lot of people end up with their parents prescription drugs and don t end up in the hospital. you re exactly right. those are legal drugs. don, those are legal drugs we re talking about y. would we want to expand access and availability for another legal drug. one of the advantages is if
cost? this makes consumers feel less certain. david, i always think we keep dodging these bullets, but the you know, the gun keeps firing? right. i mean, these breaches here are symbolized basically a lot of attackers focusing on the united states, and it s true. emv which is estimated between two years and five years of even being adopted in the united states and able to support it. what is that? emv, smart card chips they re using in european countries. but basically we re going to see these breaches happening, and they re focusing now on the retail side. it s going to be more of the squishier side of the attacking front now in the security industry. you know, monica, bottom line is a lot of people, a lot of shoppers, maybe after this holiday season in particular saying, wow. i mean, 110 million cards compromised. and neiman marcus. everyone seems vulnerable. do you ever fear folks just close their wallets, bring big
outlook for next year, how is retail doing right now for small businesses? again, i think it s a mix of i think it s a mix of good and bad right now. i think many cases, we overstate how urgent the christmas and holiday season is for retailers. obviously, very important. but we end up focusing too much on that. if we look toward 2014, as we were talking about washington, i also think that small business owners need to take a very close look at what s happening in state capitals and cities. a lot of the big policy changes, particularly on minimum wage are not coming only from washington. they re coming from mayors and governors, particularly on the minimum wage. that s going to make small business owners forced in their policy deliberations to look more widely at different levels of government as well. yep. when you look at the retail side of in, j.j., business is up a little bit on the retail side. but mostly online. it s up as much as 30%. in fact, if you look at amazon, up 35
future or next year how people are feeling, especially for retail businesses, how they do this month is going to really effect their outlook for next year. how is retail doing right now for small businesses? again, i think it s a mix of i think it s a mix of good and bad right now. i think many cases we overstate how urgent the christmas and holiday season is for retailers. obviously, very important, but i think we end up focusing a little bit too much on that, but i think if we look toward 2014, as we were talking about washington, i also think small business owners need to take a very close look at what s happening in state capitals and cities. a lot of the big policy changers, particularly on minimum wage, are not only coming in washington, but mayors and governors, particularly on minimum wage. that s going to make small business owners forced to look more widely at different levels of government, as well. yep. when you look at the retail side of this, jj, business is up a
just about everything. and overall online retailers are expecting increase in cyber money deals. they re expecting to see about $2 billion in sales. a coup for the on line retailers who have seen things rise and rise ever since cyber monday was first coined in 2005. back to you. wow. definitely looks busy. thank you. and now for your first look at business, we turn to hampton peer son. good morning. how you doing? we re going to look at the other side of the shopping week and retail side. shop more, spend less, the national retail federation says 141 million people hit the stores this holiday weekend. that was, in fact, up from last year. but the average person spent about $407, down nearly 4% from thanksgiving weekend last year. amazon ceo says his company is testing drones to deliver