1. Also, retailers have the benefit of one extra shopping day this year, compared with last year, which should result in more sales and could help profits. 2. Analysts expect sales continued to decline in June because shoppers were affected by a typhoon that swept through Tokyo on a Saturday, normally a busy shopping day. 3. Analysts expect that sales continued to decline in June because shoppers were affected by a typhoon that swept through Tokyo on a Saturday, normally a busy shopping day. 4. An extra holiday shopping day and a strong economy also helped sales, analysts said. 5. An extra holiday shopping day this past year helped sales, analysts said. 6. An extra Saturday, a popular shopping day, in May should help lift retail spending. 7. And, at times, maybe too jubilant, considering the number of shopping days left before Super Bowl XXIX. 8. As of Sunday, there were zero shopping days left until Christmas in cyberspace, unless you spring for express shipping. 9. Before each shopping day, about every week and a half, they take home a price list of every item. |