We are only just a few days away from Christmas Day. Christmas Day is the where we celebrate the birth of the Christ. The savior of the world. As part of Christmas we are taught from a very young age that, “it is more blessed to give than receive”. Through out the year we...
When I am trying to decide to buy online, or at a local big box store, I am influenced by two factors. First is how quickly can I get it delivered. Two is what the total cost will be after shipping and taxes. Most of all I look for free shipping because the cost the...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday is over. All the reports show a 14% to 26% plus increase in sales over last year. This is great news for retailers. They are optimistic about having a profitable Christmas season, this year. All the retailers are running their inventories low so they will not get caught with a large surplus in...
Grouponicus and Gobblepalooza are some of the fancy names we are seeing to describe the after Thanksgiving Black Friday Day sales. For about a week now I have been getting emails from Amazon.com and others announcing Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Some stores have jumped the gun and have already started their sales. At one time Black Friday...
It is December 21st. Christmas is on December 25th. If you are one of those people who wait to the absolute last minute to buy Christmas gifts or do anything. This is your time. If you do not have set items you are going to buy. If you do not have a specific place where you...
It is only September. But it is time to start planning for the purchase of those big Christmas gifts that is for the whole family. I am talking about TVs, Cars, furniture, trips and gaming consoles. Questions should be answered like: what does the family really want? What will the family kept using in...
We are just one week away from the biggest shopping day of the year. Well, that is what all the marketing people tell us. Crowds storm shopping malls all across the United States for that great deal. or that must have Christmas present. The day after Thanksgiving when all the retail stores say that they...
Yesterday, I was talking to a client about it being the time to start thinking about Christmas. Then I heard a voice from behind me say, “It is not Thanksgiving”. “You should not be talking about Christmas until after Thanksgiving.” I turned to him with a smile and said, “You need to start to...
Halloween is over and it is time for me to start thinking about what I am going to get my wife and daughter for Christmas. Or should we get one big family gift and little gifts for each one? Maybe we should do a mini Christmas gift? Holiday Outlook NRB survey reports, and Website...
