black friday sales

New York (Press Release – December 6, 2011) – Capital Access Network’s (CAN) Data Services Division released figures today showing a 5.8 percent increase in same store credit and debit card sales at Main Street merchandise retailers and restaurants this Black Friday period* compared to 2010 Black Friday sales.

The findings were released in the “Black Friday on Main Street” special issue of CAN’s Small Business Credit Sales (SBCS) Report, available at www.capitalaccessnetwork.com/sbcsreport.html.

CHICAGO (Press Release – Nov. 26, 2011) – Retailers can breathe a sigh of relief. The holiday shopping season started strong, with bigger crowds spending more dollars than ever before.

Gainers

• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up 3.02 percent to $119.85. U.S. markets are making a rebound, following several sessions of losses, as hopes for a new European bailout plan as well as strong Black Friday sales, have investors making a move toward the markets.
  
  The Dow is up about 2.7 percent, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are up about 3 percent.
• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) up 3.14 percent to $12.15.

For some of us, the day after Thanksgiving is for quiet family time and home-cooked leftovers. For all too many, though, it's a grisly rush to the Black Friday sales at the mall and a lot of scarfing of fast food.

Which makes this an excellent time to check out Stephen Von Worley's novel way of calculating just how completely the empire of the golden arches and its cohorts have conquered America and its fat, unhappy citizens.

When stores open for Black Friday sales late Thursday night, the differences between how affluent and more ordinary Americans shop in the uncertain economy will be on unusually vivid display.

After weeks of "Black Friday" sales pitches, the real thing is finally here.

Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers began reviewing early reports showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.

Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers waited for early data showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.

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