TOUCHDOWN FOR RETAILERS SUPER BOWL RETAIL BLITZ AHEAD.Byline: Candice Choi Staff Writer Who will win big this Super Bowl Sunday? For the scores of businesses raking in $5.6 billion across the country, it doesn't much matter. ``This is our Super Bowl, too,'' said Holly Ryan, spokeswoman with Domino's Pizza For Domino's Pizza in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Principality of Monaco, see . Domino's Pizza, LLC (NYSE: DPZ) (LSE: DOM) is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, United . ``This is our biggest Sunday of the year.'' From pizzerias to electronic goods stores, a lot of retail champs will be made Super Bowl Sunday. Domino's estimates it will deliver 1.2 million pizzas covering 4 million miles on game day, a 42 percent spike from a typical Sunday. It's not just pizza sports fans are gobbling up. The Super Bowl is one of the best times of year for a range of foods; party platters will fly out of stores this weekend at Ralphs, said spokeswoman Barbara Janeway. The National Retail Federation estimates Super Bowl XXXIX Super Bowl XXXIX was the 39th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 6, 2005, at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, following the 2004 regular season. viewers will spend an average of $49 to celebrate the day with family and friends. And this year, sports fans are watching in style. High-definition televisions are selling fast at the Best Buy in Canoga Park, said manager Michael Kugel Michael Kugel is one of the exceptional contemporary virtuoso viola players. He was born in Kharkov, USSR born (December 5th, 1946). He studied at the Beethoven School of Music, at the Music College in Kharkov and later at the Leningrad (St-Petersburg) Conservatory. . Big-screen televisions were top sellers for past Super Bowls, but this year Kugel ku·gel n. A baked pudding of noodles or potatoes, eggs, and seasonings, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath. [Yiddish kugel, ball (from its puffed-up shape), from Middle High German. said viewers are more focused on getting better technologies. The NRF NRF National Retail Federation NRF NATO Response Force NRF National Research Foundation (South Africa) NRF Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (urban renewal funding package in the UK) NRF Nouvelle Revue Française estimates 1.4 million televisions will be sold in relation to the Super Bowl. Additionally, 530,000 pieces of furniture and 6.2 million pieces of team apparel will be sold. Jerseys, hats and flags for the New England Patriots  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. and
Philadelphia Eagles commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport in Woodland Hills, said Mickey Merrill, a team sales member. And the influx of customers is only ramping up as the day nears. ``People started calling as soon as the playoffs ended,'' Merrill said. It's all in the spirit of the day, which is often a social affair for most Americans. At least 13 percent of viewers say they watch just to socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. , according to the NRF. This year, 21.5 million Americans say they plan to throw a party on game day while an additional 54.6 million plan to attend one. An additional 9.9 million people will watch at a restaurant or bar. But having people glued to their televisions at home pays for some businesses. Domino's said more pizzas are sold when the Super Bowl is more competitive. ``We're going to have all hands on deck,'' said Patty Sullivan, spokeswoman for Pizza Hut, which estimates it will sell 2 million pizzas in a three-hour window on Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is far and away the busiest Sunday of the year for Pizza Hut, Sullivan said. The chain even has introduced its new Dippin' Strips to draw more customers for the weekend. Candice Choi, (818) 713-3634 candice.choi(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) A customer checks out the plasma-screen television sets for sale at Best Buy in Woodland Hills on Thursday. TV sales surge each year at Super Bowl time. (2) A shopper examines a television at Best Buy; the National Retail Federation estimates 1.4 million TVs will be sold in connection to Super Bowl XXXIX. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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