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Retail Sales Down: You People Stopped Buying Crap In April

Retail Sales Down: You People Stopped Buying Crap In April

By 5.11.07

Sales are down by record numbers compared to last year, when Easter was in April, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sales at stores open at least a year, known as same-store sales, fell by a record 2.4 percent in April, the worst since the International Council of Shopping Centers started tallying the monthly numbers in 1970.

Ouch. Some stores were hit harder than others. Perpetually money hemorrhaging discount clothier Old Navy lost an eye-opening 20%. Walmart was down 4.6% and Target 6.1%.

McDonalds Sells More Chicken Than KFC

McDonalds Sells More Chicken Than KFC

By 5.10.07

Children, children. Can’t we all get along? —MEGHANN MARCO

How Joe Saved Hundreds Of Dollars Using Confessions Of A Cellphone Sales Rep

How Joe Saved Hundreds Of Dollars Using Confessions Of A Cellphone Sales Rep

By 4.27.07

Here at the Consumerist we have the vague idea that we are helping people save money, but when a story comes along like Joe’s that really shows how someone can take the information from this site and use it to save hundreds of dollars, well, it makes us feel really good.

CD Sales Plummet, RIAA Gets Progressively More Emo About It

CD Sales Plummet, RIAA Gets Progressively More Emo About It

By 4.19.07

CD Sales dropped 12.8 percent last year after dropping 8.1 percent in 2005. Digital downloads didn’t pick up the slack, despite increasing 74.4%. All in all, the recording industry’s sales dropped 6.2 percent

LEAKS: Enterprise Store's Insurance Upsell Cheat Sheet

LEAKS: Enterprise Store's Insurance Upsell Cheat Sheet

By consumerist.com 4.10.07

At least one Enterprise rental place has a cheat sheet for manipulating buyers into buying what is sometimes unnecessary car insurance. Here’s a transcript of the document one of our readers snagged from an Enterprise in Fort Lee, NJ .

Update: Tweeter's Liquidation Sales Are Unimpressive

By consumeristcarey 3.31.07

Liquidation sales have not transformed consumer electronics chain Tweeter into a Shangri-La of discount electronics, much to our disappointment. No $50 HDTVs. No ‘buy one get one’ deals on iPods. Just 49 closing stores offering 10%-30% discounts. All sales final.

Target Corrects Their Mistake Because You're A "Nice Angry Person"

Target Corrects Their Mistake Because You're A "Nice Angry Person"

By 3.29.07

The ad reads: $24 Sale, Each Nintendo DS Games (fine print: Choose from over 30 titles to stuff their baskets! Includes all reg. $29.99 and above DS games.) To me, that ad says, if ANY DS game is $29.99 or over, then I get it for $24. Sound about right? Well, anyone who just answered yes would be wrong, including me.

Naturally, the game that Jared wanted to buy rang up at its normal (non-sale) price. No big deal, right? Jared thoughtfully brought the ad to show the manager. Oh, if it only were that simple…

Tweeter To Close, Liquidate 49 Stores

Tweeter To Close, Liquidate 49 Stores

By consumeristcarey 3.24.07

Tweeter is closing 49 locations, joining the ranks of stores capitulating to competition from Best Buy and Walmart. The restructuring will leave the consumer electronics retailer without a presence in California, Tennessee, Alabama, or New York. According to CEO Joe McGuire, surviving Tweeter locations will sport Consumer Electronics Playgrounds offering high-end home theaters.

“Since our Playground stores are clearly resonating with consumers and articulate our vision so well, we will continue to execute this concept in our remaining 97 traditional stores by taking what we have learned from our current Playground stores and rolling it into our existing fleet.”

Stores on the chopping block will immediately offer liquidation sales. The complete list of closures, inside.

Days Inn Upsell Bot Has Feeling Too

Days Inn Upsell Bot Has Feeling Too

By consumerist.com 3.16.07

Samuel was making an online reservation with Days Inn when he suddenly found himself face to face with a robot…

Confirmed: CompUSA's "Fire Sales" Suck

By consumeristcarey 3.4.07

Reader Dave writes in to confirm that CompUSA’s “fire sales” do, in fact, suck. Dave reports the soon-to-be-shuttered Monroeville, PA CompUSA is offering most items for 10% off MSRP. Some items sport discounts of up to – hold your breath – 20% off.

CompUSA's "Fire Sales" Expected To Suck

CompUSA's "Fire Sales" Expected To Suck

By consumerist.com 2.28.07

Don’t expect good deals at CompUSA store closings, reader Brian reiterates, as the liquidation company apparently has a history of being anti-consumer:

HOW TO: Know If Your CompUSA Is Getting Liquidated

HOW TO: Know If Your CompUSA Is Getting Liquidated

By consumerist.com 2.27.07

How do you know if your local CompUSA is one of 129 getting liquidated starting tomorrow? If it’s not on this list, it’s going out of business.

BREAKING: CompUSA Closing 128 Stores

BREAKING: CompUSA Closing 128 Stores

By consumerist.com 2.27.07

CompUSA is closing 128 of 229 stores, a source familiar with the proceedings tells The Consumerist.

CompUSA Invented 53 Week Year So Execs Could Cash Big Bonuses?

CompUSA Invented 53 Week Year So Execs Could Cash Big Bonuses?

By consumerist.com 2.27.07

CompUSA had a 53 week year last year, allowing upper management to reap large bonus checks, according to a company insider.

On Second Thought, Don't Expect Good Prices During CompUSA Fire Sales

By consumerist.com 2.23.07

News of CompUSA closing 100 stores brought visions of fire sales to our eyes (burn, prices, burn!), but our CompUSA insider says those fantasies may be just that.

EXCLUSIVE: CompUSA Closing 100 Stores

EXCLUSIVE: CompUSA Closing 100 Stores

By consumerist.com 2.23.07

CompUSA will close 100 stores this year, according to an industry insider speaking to us under conditions of anonymity.

Crunch Gym Tries To Charge Extra For "Improvements"

Crunch Gym Tries To Charge Extra For "Improvements"

By 2.22.07

Personally, we are allergic to high-pressure sales people. This is the reason that we do not work out at Crunch Gym. It may look like a gym, but it’s actually a festering pool of high-pressure sales douchebags.

Management Shake Up At Walmart

Management Shake Up At Walmart

By 2.15.07

CNNMoney blames sales:

“The changes follow disappointing sales growth in the United States after store renovations disrupted business and customers balked at some attempts to sell trendier merchandise.”

Yeah, but how does Vazquez feel about hentai? —MEGHANN MARCO

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