PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- There's holiday joy and post-holiday blues, but for the nation's retailers it's all been one big downer.... By SARAH SKIDMORE Read the full story.
MOre doom and gloom from the media... Amazon claims record holiday orders in '08 season Microsoft touts Xbox 360s Black Friday record sales plus, I heard that Black friday overall sales in the US were up to $10.8 billion from $10.4 bnillion of last year. I ain't saying all is peachy, but I really don't think it is as bad as the media would like us to believe.