Comments on: Black Friday 2009: Boom or Bust? http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/black-friday-2009-boom-or-bust/ The blog of the free, simple personal finance solution. Track all your spending automatically, find the best deals, save more money. And save the world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michael http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/black-friday-2009-boom-or-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-42512 Michael Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:27:55 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7213#comment-42512 Concern: of course it makes sense given how Mint works, but forgive me for wondering how our aggregate data is going to be packaged and sold to those interested in watching actual financial data trends. Or is Mint giving it away to Nielsen, et al, as a public service? Concern: of course it makes sense given how Mint works, but forgive me for wondering how our aggregate data is going to be packaged and sold to those interested in watching actual financial data trends. Or is Mint giving it away to Nielsen, et al, as a public service? ]]> By: Frances http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/black-friday-2009-boom-or-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-42457 Frances Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:34:18 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7213#comment-42457 The whole "Revival of Luxury" thing is pretty interesting. Do you think it's because even these luxe brands are doing more and more promotions? If you take a look at http://bit.ly/2IlbYI you'll notice that BCBG has 50% off sales, Saks holds exclusive 40% off specials, Kate Spade's doing 75% off sample sales, and even Bergdorf Goodman's done 40% off deals. And when it comes to Black Friday http://bit.ly/65Tyg, you can see more and more stores holding early/pre- Black Friday sales. The whole “Revival of Luxury” thing is pretty interesting. Do you think it’s because even these luxe brands are doing more and more promotions? If you take a look at http://bit.ly/2IlbYI you’ll notice that BCBG has 50% off sales, Saks holds exclusive 40% off specials, Kate Spade’s doing 75% off sample sales, and even Bergdorf Goodman’s done 40% off deals.

And when it comes to Black Friday http://bit.ly/65Tyg, you can see more and more stores holding early/pre- Black Friday sales.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/black-friday-2009-boom-or-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-42441 Jon Peltier Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:14:37 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7213#comment-42441 "Revival of Luxury"? They're still all negative, so I guess they're not bleeding as much. Hard to call it a revival. “Revival of Luxury”?

They’re still all negative, so I guess they’re not bleeding as much. Hard to call it a revival.

]]> By: Bobbe Lee http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/black-friday-2009-boom-or-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-42440 Bobbe Lee Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:46 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7213#comment-42440 No doubt about it, This will be a very interesting year. I have to buy two Mac Book Pros for Christmas so I know I am spending money. No doubt about it, This will be a very interesting year. I have to buy two Mac Book Pros for Christmas so I know I am spending money. ]]>