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Showing posts with label Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday. Show all posts
Friday, September 15, 2017
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Friday, August 11, 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
Friday the 13th?
Friday the 13th?
Nope.... Today is 12th! Friday the 12th.
Happy Weekends
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Friday, March 24, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
20th Jan 2017 Friday
Today is Friday, 20th Jan 2017. Time passes and it is exactly 1 week after Friday the 13th.
What are your thoughts for this week?
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Saturday, January 14, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Friday the 13th
Looked at the calendar and realized that Friday the 13th is in May!
Coming soon...
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Friday, November 13, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Monday, November 26, 2012
US breaks US$1b for first time in online Black Friday shopping
US breaks US$1b for first time in online Black Friday shopping
Posted: 26 November 2012 1034 hrs
NEW YORK: US shoppers spent heavily online on the crucial Black Friday shopping day, for the first time topping a billion dollars in online sales in a single day, analysts and retailers said.
The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is the kickoff to the US holiday shopping season, and Black Friday has long been considered the critical day that turns retailers' books from red to black.
Consumer spending makes up more than two thirds of US economic activity. So the short but busiest consumer sales season has a huge importance to the US economy for the whole year.
This year, online shoppers spent a grand total of US$1.042 billion on Friday, surpassing last year's Black Friday haul by 26 per cent, according to the consulting firm Comscore.
Another study by IBM Benchmark Digital Analytics saw an increase of 21 per cent in Internet sales, with a surge in orders of mobile devices and tablet computers, in particular.
But the new record might be short-lived.
Coming next is "CyberMonday," the day Americans go back to work and online retailers launch heavy promotions to reel in more shoppers.
"According to norms we've observed over the past three years," retail analyst ShopperTrak said, the Monday after Thanksgiving "should be the heaviest online shopping day of the season with sales approaching US$1.5 billion or even higher."
Across the four-day weekend, US shoppers spent US$59.1 billion, a jump of 13 per cent over the previous year, the National Retail Federation announced.
"It's phenomenal," NRF director Mathew Shay told reporters at a press conference, saying the numbers bode well for the holiday season despite the still-struggling economy.
American consumers spent an average of US$423 this weekend, compared to US$398 last year, the group reported.
However, the NRF did not revise its prediction for the US holiday shopping season as a whole, keeping it at a 4.1 per cent increase year on year, arguing that consumers remain cautious about the economy.
The looming threat of the "fiscal cliff," which could send taxes soaring if Republicans and Democrats do not reach a compromise on reducing the deficit before the end of the year, also had the retailers worried.
And despite the good numbers overall, sales at brick-and-mortar locations were sluggish on "Black Friday:" in-store traffic increased by 3.5 per cent on Friday with more than 307 million visitors, but total sales actually went down compared to the previous year by 1.8 per cent, according to ShopperTrak.
Some of the biggest numbers went to the stores that opened early on the Thanksgiving holiday itself -- a growing trend, especially among large chain stores, that is turning the traditionally family-based holiday into a commercial event.
"Opening on Thanksgiving was a big win," the NRF's Shay said, noting that 35 million people went shopping, a 40 per cent surge over the previous year.
Comscore also noted a jump in online Thanksgiving day sales, up 32 per cent over 2011, with US$633 million in sales, though the IMB Benchmark Digital Analytics survey saw a more modest gain of 17.4 per cent.
But ShopperTrak noted that the Thanksgiving day shopping may have undercut spending usually meant for Friday, without increasing the overall numbers.
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Posted: 26 November 2012 1034 hrs
NEW YORK: US shoppers spent heavily online on the crucial Black Friday shopping day, for the first time topping a billion dollars in online sales in a single day, analysts and retailers said.
The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is the kickoff to the US holiday shopping season, and Black Friday has long been considered the critical day that turns retailers' books from red to black.
Consumer spending makes up more than two thirds of US economic activity. So the short but busiest consumer sales season has a huge importance to the US economy for the whole year.
This year, online shoppers spent a grand total of US$1.042 billion on Friday, surpassing last year's Black Friday haul by 26 per cent, according to the consulting firm Comscore.
Another study by IBM Benchmark Digital Analytics saw an increase of 21 per cent in Internet sales, with a surge in orders of mobile devices and tablet computers, in particular.
But the new record might be short-lived.
Coming next is "CyberMonday," the day Americans go back to work and online retailers launch heavy promotions to reel in more shoppers.
"According to norms we've observed over the past three years," retail analyst ShopperTrak said, the Monday after Thanksgiving "should be the heaviest online shopping day of the season with sales approaching US$1.5 billion or even higher."
Across the four-day weekend, US shoppers spent US$59.1 billion, a jump of 13 per cent over the previous year, the National Retail Federation announced.
"It's phenomenal," NRF director Mathew Shay told reporters at a press conference, saying the numbers bode well for the holiday season despite the still-struggling economy.
American consumers spent an average of US$423 this weekend, compared to US$398 last year, the group reported.
However, the NRF did not revise its prediction for the US holiday shopping season as a whole, keeping it at a 4.1 per cent increase year on year, arguing that consumers remain cautious about the economy.
The looming threat of the "fiscal cliff," which could send taxes soaring if Republicans and Democrats do not reach a compromise on reducing the deficit before the end of the year, also had the retailers worried.
And despite the good numbers overall, sales at brick-and-mortar locations were sluggish on "Black Friday:" in-store traffic increased by 3.5 per cent on Friday with more than 307 million visitors, but total sales actually went down compared to the previous year by 1.8 per cent, according to ShopperTrak.
Some of the biggest numbers went to the stores that opened early on the Thanksgiving holiday itself -- a growing trend, especially among large chain stores, that is turning the traditionally family-based holiday into a commercial event.
"Opening on Thanksgiving was a big win," the NRF's Shay said, noting that 35 million people went shopping, a 40 per cent surge over the previous year.
Comscore also noted a jump in online Thanksgiving day sales, up 32 per cent over 2011, with US$633 million in sales, though the IMB Benchmark Digital Analytics survey saw a more modest gain of 17.4 per cent.
But ShopperTrak noted that the Thanksgiving day shopping may have undercut spending usually meant for Friday, without increasing the overall numbers.
- AFP/ck
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday the 13th
I just realized that today is the special day: Friday the 13th! Looking back, last month, Feb 2009 also had Friday the 13th.
Let us head over to wikipedia:
Friday the 13th is the thirteenth day in a month that falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most 3 times a year. Looking at the table and I found that 2009 have 3 Fridays the 13th!
Year Months
2009 February, March, November
Heading to Wolfram gave us an interesting account of Friday the 13th.
Anyway, today seems to be quite okay for me. Happy Weekends!
By the way, there is an IT Show at Suntec City from Thursday till Sunday. So who's going?
- wong chee tat :)
Let us head over to wikipedia:
Friday the 13th is the thirteenth day in a month that falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most 3 times a year. Looking at the table and I found that 2009 have 3 Fridays the 13th!
Year Months
2009 February, March, November
Heading to Wolfram gave us an interesting account of Friday the 13th.
Anyway, today seems to be quite okay for me. Happy Weekends!
By the way, there is an IT Show at Suntec City from Thursday till Sunday. So who's going?
- wong chee tat :)
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