Times Are Tough — Americans Are Tougher
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Well, I hate to say I told you so but... I told you so.
Despite all the hand wringing, crape-hanging, doom-saying predictions that this holiday season would stink, I argued it would not.
Now, I know it's still early, but so far I'm right.
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Sales during the post-Turkey Day rush are quite a rush indeed. The market research firm Shoppertrac is reporting sales up nearly 11 percent on Friday and Saturday over the same period a year ago.
And they were strong everywhere. In the South, up 12 percent. In the West, up nearly 12 percent. In the Midwest, 11 percent. And in the so-called really battered Northeast, up 8 percent.
Wal-Mart said its Black Friday sales alone were the strongest ever. Not the strongest in years, but the strongest ever.
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My point here is not to brag, but to remind you about you. You're a lot more resilient than experts say you are. And a lot smarter and a whole lot more upbeat.
Sure, some of you are being careful. And more than a few of you are being selective where you shop. Perhaps it's no accident discount stores are doing the best.
But the brainiacs predicting doom and gloom -- the ones who thought you'd be puckered out, tired out, spent out, and just strung out -- well, they can't figure you out.
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But I can. You are as upbeat as they are uppity. As brave as they are bombastic. As dynamic as they are dour.
I'm not saying times aren't tough -- just that Americans are tougher. I pity the guys who thought they knew you, that never apparently took the time to simply talk to you.
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