Matt Baldwin

Kegan Sims

Shane Mcartney

Big Bargains or

Big Headaches??

Results

Sales change 2006-2007Internet + 37.4%Specialty retailers +15.2%Discount Stores +11.1%Department Stores -0.3%

Results

Sales Increase, but shoppers spend less 147 million customers visited stores (up

4.8% from last year) Shoppers spent 3.5% less per person

($347 per person)

Results

Overall Business 55% of responding companies report being

up 5% 30% of responding companies report being

up 10%15% of responding companies report being

up 20%

Results

Store Traffic 20% of responding companies report light

traffic 45% of responding companies report normal

traffic 35% of responding companies report heavy

traffic

Results

Sales MarginsDid they maintain them?

○ 60% of responding companies said yes ○ 40% of responding companies said no

Very Interesting Fact

Males spent more this year 393.63 to $303.95

Men taking over the mall???

Online Shopping Spending on Thanksgiving $272 Million

(29% increase) Spending on Black Friday $535 Million

(22% increase) Cyber Monday showed an increase in

planned traffic 72 million shoppers (up from 60.7 million in 2006)

Top Websites

Bfads.net Tigerdirect.com (Pink Friday ) Gottadeal.com Dealtaker.com Amazon.com Dealnews.com Bfgear.com Walmart.com

Black Friday “Hot Items” Wii (second year in a row) Zune Digital Photo frames Kitchen Aid Appliances Guitar Hero 3, Rock Band Office 2004 student and teacher edition Cannon Digital Cameras

Local Results

Lancaster mall area Stores visited

Best Buy Macy’s Old NavyStarbucksCircuit CityTarget

Sources Main Article http://www.cepro.com/article/

black_friday_traffic_and_margins_up_for_most_htsa_retailers/K332

Other Sourceshttp://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/21221http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/11/zune-

2-is-secon.html