Comments on: The Return of Retail: Holiday Spending 2009 http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/ 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. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: low cost flights http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-48050 low cost flights Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:32:51 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-48050 I agree with you guys, today economically prices have reached the peak, but still people in higher class are ready to shop on everything and travel anywhere. Where as the poor are still poor. I agree with you guys, today economically prices have reached the peak, but still people in higher class are ready to shop on everything and travel anywhere. Where as the poor are still poor. ]]> By: Maxwell Awesome http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-43321 Maxwell Awesome Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:44:27 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-43321 If anyone will care to remember, in the early fall of 2008 we were all clutching our nadsacks as the government raped us from one end and wallstreet from another. No one was filled with holiday cheer that year, because instead of repenting and keeping Christmas, Old Mr. Scrooge took a fat, hot dump in the stocking of the Tiny Tim's of the world. Flash forward to a year later when everyone is fooled by an illusionary upswing in the stock market (due to continued derivative trading and no regulation increases on fractional reserves or leverage thresholds for the banks playing with our money at 0% interest), and it is a no-brainer why people are dumping cash like its going out of style. Mark my words, fellow Minters. Winter is coming. It will be long. It will be harsh. And there will be many who don't make it through. Keep your wits about you, and don't buy into the trends, and you'll be just fine. That, or learn to hunt and relocate to the Northern Territories or Alaska. If anyone will care to remember, in the early fall of 2008 we were all clutching our nadsacks as the government raped us from one end and wallstreet from another. No one was filled with holiday cheer that year, because instead of repenting and keeping Christmas, Old Mr. Scrooge took a fat, hot dump in the stocking of the Tiny Tim’s of the world.

Flash forward to a year later when everyone is fooled by an illusionary upswing in the stock market (due to continued derivative trading and no regulation increases on fractional reserves or leverage thresholds for the banks playing with our money at 0% interest), and it is a no-brainer why people are dumping cash like its going out of style.

Mark my words, fellow Minters. Winter is coming. It will be long. It will be harsh. And there will be many who don’t make it through. Keep your wits about you, and don’t buy into the trends, and you’ll be just fine. That, or learn to hunt and relocate to the Northern Territories or Alaska.

]]> By: John G http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-43287 John G Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:05:00 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-43287 Now, let's watch the credit cards collect in the coming months and see how much of that anyone is buying responsibly. Now, let’s watch the credit cards collect in the coming months and see how much of that anyone is buying responsibly. ]]> By: pbear http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-43060 pbear Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:08:13 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-43060 Can you guys starting including Amazon as a retailer in these graphs too? They are definitely bigger than NewEgg when it comes to shopping online ... Thanks Can you guys starting including Amazon as a retailer in these graphs too? They are definitely bigger than NewEgg when it comes to shopping online …

Thanks

]]> By: Joshua Dance http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-43019 Joshua Dance Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:09:26 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-43019 Love the info-graphics. Do you do them in house? Love the info-graphics. Do you do them in house? ]]> By: B7 http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-return-of-retail-holiday-spending-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-43015 B7 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:44:05 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=7526#comment-43015 I don't know if it really matters how bad the economy gets. People are compelled to spend money, and double so during the holidays. If they don't have money they just use a credit card. It's part of human nature and part of being an American living in a consumer society. Love the graphic! And love Mint! I don’t know if it really matters how bad the economy gets. People are compelled to spend money, and double so during the holidays. If they don’t have money they just use a credit card. It’s part of human nature and part of being an American living in a consumer society.

Love the graphic! And love Mint!

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