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Retail

The Ten Holiday Gifts No One Will Buy In Stores

E-commerce sales are still below 10% of all retail sales in the US, but the category has posted a better growth rate than bricks-and-mortar revenue for some time. comScore reported that between…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:09am ET
Retail

Holiday Spending Expected To Rise To $688.87 Per Person

The National Retail Federation says that the average consumer will spend $688.87 this holiday season–exactly–up from $681.83 last year. The 1% improvement is not likely to save the sector from another difficult…

Douglas A. McIntyre
12:34pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes

Stocks That Have Risen From The Dead

As investors ready themselves for Halloween, images of the macabre are  hard to escape.   The stock market also is filled with death metaphors.  Companies SLASH costs and stocks are PUMMELED by bad…

Douglas A. McIntyre
4:07am ET
Media

Media Digest (10/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem. Reuters:   China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece. Reuters:   China ignored EU comments about the yuan. Reuters:   Congress…

Douglas A. McIntyre
5:50am ET
Telecom & Wireless

Amazon Raises E-Book Prices Above Paper Versions

Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has begun to raise the price of some of its e-books above their paper versions. According to The New York Times, “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan,…

Douglas A. McIntyre