With all sensible people buying huns and ammo there´s mot much left over for overpriced, overhyped junk.

Too bad the election is over. If Obama was still campaigning I´m sure retailers would be enjoying the best Christmas sales ever.

Sorry for the 2nd posting and the poor spelling...these Ipod Touch keyboards are too small for my big thumbs.

Will any of these retailers have a Christmas Come To Jesus moment and realize that cheap Chinese tat is cheap Chinese tat whether it´s sold off a cart on the streets of Beijing or off American shelves?

Quality of material and construction has become so abysmal that shopping for style has taken a back seat to locating something that doesn´t resemble a burlap sack.

In October, the AP and its ilk were wondering if Romney would get credit for the Obama recovery. Consumer confidence allegedly soaring, unemployment falling, housing bubbling was the joyous theme. "Happy Days are Here Again" was being sung by every AP reporter. Now that Obama has won, the AP reports:

"Many shoppers have been weighed down by concerns about their financial future. Some have concerns about the weak U.S. job market."

#5, those sum up my thoughts as well. Before the election, the AP (and other media sources) were telling us that the Holiday shopping season was looking pretty strong. Now they tell us that retailers are desperate to salvage something out of the season.

Poster #3, actually I was going to ask where I could buy some Huns. Sure could use a couple of them nowadays.
Merry Christmas.

Yup, #7, we could put them out by the gates...

Christas sales are lackluster. Watch for the Media to blame Republicans and the fiscal cliff.

Macy´s has had at least 30% discounts across the board on many items. Now they have added additional discounts - 20%, 15% - on top of the already discounted sale prices.

I called our local Macy´s to see if they had a robe that I´d seen in their ad. I´d bought the last one in a color a couple of days earlier at a discount below the sale price and wanted four more.

Although the inventory showed 31, there was only one on the rack in my color. The clerk scoured some storage area and found the others. All will sell for below half-price.

We went to buy a little Christmas tree yesterday. A place that is the local go-to place for trees was full of trees, but no one in the place except the staff. The parking lot is usually full and the place bustling about now. The tree was marked down considerably and we got it for less than that. The poinsettias were all on sale.

We don´t have much in the way of shopping around here unless you go to WalMart. I´ve noticed in the grocery stores they have only bought Christmas trees one time and the one store is down to 4 pathetic trees. Also they are usually full of whole nuts by the pound and bagged, but this year they only have bagged and not much variety, plus the stock is dwindling with no hope of restocking. WalMart does have bulk nuts but even they have not restocked. Too bad for my parrots, I usually buy lots of whole nuts after Christmas for half price.

It´s worth noting that since Thanksgiving was a bit earlier than usual this year, retailers were expecting a better season just based on that (more time to shop = more spending). However, it now looks like any boost from the quirks of the calendar will be dwarfed from the drop off in sales due to Obamanomics.

How many years in a row have we seen stories such as this? Even when the economy was going well (under the EEEVIL G.W.Bush), they whined that sales didn´t meet expectations.

Perhaps they need to refine their method of creating their own expectations.

They cannibalized their Christmas sales with their T-giving specials.

I´m waiting until after Christmas when the retailers get really desperate.