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- Ritual time in British Plantation Colonies, 1650-1780
- Four thousand miles of ocean divided the plantation colonies of the first British Empire from the English metropole, a great physical distance that was augmented by the cultural divergence that divided those slave societies from England. Colonists in Barbados, Jamaica, and South Carolina thus made the re-creation of English ritual...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Treeless In Seattle
- Flurry of anti-Semitism grows from misperception that Chabad rabbi forced departure of Christmas decorations from Northwest airport. He's being called the "rabbi who stole Christmas." But Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky insists it was not his idea to remove 14 Christmas trees from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. All he asked, he said, was...
- Research articles 2006-12-15
- The shadow side of social gift-giving: miscommunication and failed gifts
- I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. --Porchia (1969) 1. Gifting as Dilemma: Gifts Do Not Speak for Themselves From the day you are born until the day you die, you stand in the midst of gift-giving and gift-receiving...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Coal: It's Electric
- It may be dirty, but it's still cheap. With the US headed for recession, Consol Energy and Arch Coal are two companies rocking China's growing coal market.
- Videos 2008-03-12
- Holiday Wishes
- Throughout our season, Dog and Pony asked many of our guests what their holiday wishes were this year. Here's what a few of them had to say.
- Videos 2007-12-26
- Awesome God.(Indonesia)(Christian survivors of tsunami)(Brief Article)
- The following story was passed on to us via Father Prakash Tuscano, S.J., of St. Ignatius Church, Mumbai, India. It is told by Bill Hekman, Pastor, Calvary Life Fellowship, Sumatra, Indonesia. Medan -- We serve an awesome God, don't we? We know that 80% ...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Holiday '94: neckwear beyond. (Accessories for Men Supplement)
- Men's neckwear and accessories sales are forecast for holiday sales in 1994 in the southwestern and northeastern US. J.C. Penney and Specialty Retailing in the southwest expect classic neckwear to sell better this year than it has in the past. Novelty neckwear had been very popular in previous years. Bloomingdale's...
- Research articles 1994-10-14
- Poundland CEO Extols the Virtue of Value
- Poundland, the single-price mixed merchandise retailer has stepped up its Christmas preparations by announcing an expansion of its Christmas range. I spoke to Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy left about what this move says about consumer buying habits into the festive season and the longer-term implications into 2010. BNET:...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Christmas Is All About Selling
- I don't want to disappoint everyone, but all this endless talk about "commercialism" ruining Christmas is just so much BS. Christmas, as an official holiday, was always about consumerism. It was commercial from day one. Here are the facts: Christmas was never a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-24
- Santa Sets a Bad Example | BTalk Australia
- (11min 34) We all tend to overdo it over the festive season. Of course, when it comes to overeating Santa Claus sets a bad example. So what should we be feeding ourselves over Christmas? Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to nutrionist Zoe Bingley-Pullin about eating...
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX)
- Because you don't want to overspend on dignity. The TJX Companies, Inc. TJX
- Videos 2008-11-10
- Wallstrip: The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX)
- Because you don't want to overspend on dignity. The TJX Companies, Inc. TJX
- Videos 2008-11-10
- Estée Lauder F1Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question today comes from Chris Ferrarra with Merrill Lynch. Christopher Ferrarra - Merrill Lynch I just wanted to ask about -- I think you said that the Americas growth this quarter was helped by faster sell-in ahead of the holiday season. Is...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-28
- Signet Group plc Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question and answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. We'll take our first question now from Dahab Shahri [ph] from Dasco [ph]. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hi. A question on the like for like drop since early November. Do you have any...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-27
- Finding Seasonal Temp Jobs At Christmas
- For most people, Christmas really starts in October and ends in January. The Christmas shopping period is the peak retail season of the year, with shops becoming busier and staying open later. People out to "Shop 'til they drop" want food and drink to keep them going, so cafés and...
- White papers 2007-12-04
- Christmas Retail Sales to Rise 1.9 Pct
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Retail sales will rise 1.9 percent over Christmas, bouncing back from last year's decline, but below the increases of the previous nine years, according to research published on Tuesday.The Centre for Retail Research forecast retail sales would rise 832 million pounds to 44.7 billion in the...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Myer Worth 8.5% Less After ASX Re-list
- Timing is everything as Myer Holdings Ltd's new shareholders have learned after shares in Australia's largest iconic department store tanked 8.5 per cent after it listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ASX.After raising $2 billion in Australia's biggest public float in two years, the 109-year-old department chain made its...
- News items 2009-11-02
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- Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland Announces New Site Featuring Home Light Displays
- Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland[R] Announces the Arrival of MyChristmasWonderland.com, the Christmas Lights Site FRANKENMUTH, Mich. -- Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland[R], the World's Largest Christmas Store[R] and home to a selection of 6,000 styles of Christmas Ornaments, announces the arrival of MyChristmasWonderland.com, the Christmas lights site for sharing outdoor Christmas decorations with...
- Research articles 2006-11-10
- Retailers hoping for post-Christmas miracle
- Shoppers hit the stores Friday to return unwanted gifts and take advantage of drastic price cuts offered by retailers desperate to get rid of old merchandise and boost their less-than-cheery holiday sales. Many retailers opened before 6 a.m., offering 50 percent to 75 percent off on toys, furniture, electronics and...
- News items 2009-08-07
- A Christmas iFart explosion: Nearly 40,000 downloads and $30,000 net
- A few days ago, we wrote about how an iPhone application that makes farting noises, iFart Mobile, had reached the number one paid application spot in the App Store and was making the developer nearly $10,000 a day after Apple took its cut. Developer Joel Comm was kind enough to...
- News items 2009-08-07
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