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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%.
Morning Deals
By 5.11.07
• Woot: Sony NW-S705 2GB MP3 Player with Noise Cancelling Headphones for $59.99
Morning Deals
By 5.9.07
• 1000 free Joost Invitations (Joost is the new high-quality, on-demand, TV over internet service that everyone is going ape for, and its invite only at this point). UPDATE: We’re watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force. This is so cool. UPDATE: Or just invite yourself.
Will Walmart Be Your New Doctor?
By 5.8.07
Millions of Americans don’t have health insurance, and many of them are Walmart shoppers. Heck, many of them are Walmart employees. The solution? Walmart is opening 400 more “health clinics” in the next 2-3 years. Eventually, there will be over 2,000 of these clinics.
Calculate The Surface Area Of Pizza To Locate The Best Deal?
By 5.8.07
We doubt the part about the waitress being impressed by geometry skills, but the rest of it sounds about right. —MEGHANN MARCO
Morning Deals
By 4.30.07
• Other Music: New online music store featuring 320kbps DRM-free high-quality indie and underground mp3s. $1.29/ track, $9.99-$12.99/album
Morning Deals
By 4.27.07
• Amazon: Factory-Reconditioned DEWALT DW988K-2R 18-Volt XRP 1/2-Inch drill/driver/hammerdrill kit for $129.99 with free shipping (down from $522)
Could You Stop Buying New Things For A Year?
By 4.26.07
A group of friends decided to try an experiment in frugal “earth-friendly” living. They wouldn’t buy anything new for an entire year. Since the idea was to save the planet, not their pocketbooks, they were allowed to buy things secondhand, and of course, to buy food and toilet paper etc. So what happened?
Morning Deals
By 4.26.07
• Woot: It’s a Woot-off. Once one crazy deal sells out, they put up another in its place.
