Friday, November 6, 2009

reatailers report sales increases http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/business/economy/06shop.html?ref=economy

1. what is this item about?
this item is about all the luxury chain stores percent sales going up. at nordstrom they have a new strategy of lowering their prices resulting in more customers and nordstrom has benefited from this.

2.why did you choose it? what did you find intresting about it?
i chose it because i thought it would be a good article. and what i found intresting about it was that people werent shopping at the luxury chain stores for a while because of the prices there.

3.do you agree with whats happening in the story? why or why not?
yes i do. because the people who are running the stores finally realized that their prices were too high and if they wanted customers they had to lower their sale prices.

4.do you think the information has been presented fairly? why or why not?
yes. the people who researched it had all the sales percents.

5. would you use this news source again? why or why not?
yes i would because i use the times daily.

1 comment:

  1. Christine, I agree that this was an interesting article, especially that luxury spending was up. Wish I were part of that! :)

    Grade: 10/10

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