ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Early Holiday Sales.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: The Friday after Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. showed a 4.8 percent increase in retail sales compared to last year's popular shopping day, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Although the increase is encouraging to retailers, consumers are still spending cautiously and are searching out the sales. Discount stores showed the strongest sales, as department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and apparel retailers located in malls did not have as many sales as they did in 2002. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Pam Danziger, founder of Unity Marketing and author, can discuss the motivations, desires and emotional needs that drive consumers to buy. Unity also publishes market research studies on the luxury market, art, candles, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , home furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. , garden, gifts and collectibles, cosmetics and personal care markets, pets market, as well as the Luxury Business newsletter. Pam is currently working on her next book, Let Them Eat Cake: Marketing Luxury to the Masses (as well as the Classes), to be published early in 2004. 717-336-1600 pam@unitymarketingonline.com Dr. Wendy Moe, of the University of Texas, Austin, McCombs School of Business The Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the most distinguished business schools in the United States. The McCombs School includes about 4,500 undergraduates and was founded in 1922. , is a marketing modeler/statistician. She specializes in analyzing and interpreting large data sets. Because of the vast amounts of data available online, a lot of her recent work has focused on internet shopping. But regardless of the context, she builds her models around fundamental consumer behavior frequently based on the consumer psychology involved in the shopping process. 512-232-2793 Professor Boonghee Yoo, of St. Cloud State University, is an expert regarding cross-cultural consumer behavior, retail productivity analysis, and Internet shopping site quality measurement. 320-255-3161 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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