December 8, 2024

Missed holiday sales? Costco’s electronics trade-in program can provide extra shopping cash

Costco has an electronics trade-in program that could help consumers save money while shopping at its warehouse stores. Under the program, the retailer will do trade-ins of eligible devices and give the owners turning them in physical or digital Costco Shop Cards worth the value of the electronics. Costco partners with Phobio to provide the program. While […]

30 businesses offering military discounts and sales for Veteran’s Day 2024

There’s no better time to celebrate service members than Veteran’s Day. And a holiday is great and all but, especially when you don’t get the day off work, we wouldn’t fault Veterans for asking “if I don’t have the option to sleep in, what exactly has Veteran’s Day done for me, lately?” The answer, in […]

Nolte: Champagne Sales Drop 15%, Industry Blames World Malaise

Champagne sales dropped this year and French industry executives believe the world is suffering through a malaise with fewer things to celebrate. “LVMH is having Champagne problems,” reports Business Insider. “Chief financial officer Jean-Jacques Guiony thinks it could come from fewer celebrations for people to pop the bottle.” Although sparkling wine sales increased by 16

Twas the Season: Retail Sales Surge Higher Than Expected, Threatening to Ignite Inflation

American shoppers eagerly reached for their wallets and credit cards in December to spend far more than expected, figures from the Department of Commerce indicated Wednesday. Retail sales in the U.S. rose 0.6 percent compared with the previous month, far above the 0.2 percent forecast. Compared with a year ago, sales were up 5.6 percent.

Joe Flacco jersey sales skyrocket 400 percent during Cinderella Browns comeback

Joe Flacco merchandise is flying off the shelf amid the veteran quarterback’s incredible comeback run.  Sales for Flacco’s No. 15 Browns jersey increased by 400 percent from his first win on Dec. 10 to Cleveland’s playoff-clinching victory over the Jets on Dec. 28, according to a report from TMZ Sports.  Flacco’s jersey is now the best-selling […]

Hasbro Eliminating Close to 20 Percent of Workforce as Biden Economy Hammers Toy Sales

Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of year for toy manufacturers. But in Joe Biden’s economy, toy sales are suffering thanks to runaway inflation and other pressures, forcing one of the world’s largest toymakers to deliver lumps of coal to employees just ahead of December 25. Hasbro said this week that it

Bud Light Boycott Slashes Sales by ‘Staggering’ 17%

According to market reports, sales of Bud Light beer have dropped 17 percent since it tried to raise sales by advertising with Dylan Mulvaney, a man who claims to be a woman. The sales drop means that Anheuser-Busch, the Belgium-based brewer, is selling five bottles of beer for every six bottles it sold before it

Phillies’ Matt Strahm opposes extended beer sales at MLB ballparks, citing fan safety

A few Major League Baseball stadiums will be selling alcohol through the eighth inning in order to combat shorter games due to the implementation of the pitch clock.  With games roughly 31 minutes shorter this season, four teams have announced that alcohol sales will be extended beyond the traditional seventh-inning cutoff.  A beer vendor holds […]

Tester: Chinese Spy Balloon ‘Compromises’ American Safety, Underscores Need to Ban Farmland Sales to China

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) stated that the Chinese spy balloon “compromises” American safety and “only adds fuel to” the urgent need to ban China from buying farmland because allowing China to buy farmland gives China a lane “to replace us in the world as a military and

Album Sales Surge for Country Star Morgan Wallen After N-Word Controversy

NASHVILLLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fans of Morgan Wallen are buying up the country star’s latest album after a video showed him shouting a racial slur last week. Wallen’s sophomore record, “Dangerous: The Double Album” retains its top spot for a fourth week on Billboard’s all-genre albums chart, less than a week after Wallen apologized for…

TRUMP EFFECT: RECORD HOLIDAY SALES NEAR $600 BILLION; Expert: Spending Pace Not Seen Since Great Recession.

Retailers are reporting record holiday sales this season of $598 billion as of Christmas Eve, fueled by confidence in the pro-business, pro-jobs economic polices of President Donald Trump of cutting Obama-era regulations and enacting major tax cuts and reforms. Yet media reports by CBS, AP and the Wall Street Journal all failed to mention President […]

BOOM! NFL Ticket Sales Down 18% in Week Since Mass Anti-Military Anthem Protests

This had to hurt. NFL ticket sales down 18% down this week. Last Sunday over 200 NFL players knelt during the US national anthem on Gold Star Mothers Day. StubHub announced a 10% discount in NFL tickets this week. And now this… NFL ticket sales are down 18% compared to last year at this time. The Washington Examiner […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Podesta Made $500K Lobbying For Chinese Firm Convicted Of Illegal Sales To Iran

Democratic super-lobbyist Tony Podesta grossed more than $500,000 to represent a Chinese company criminally convicted in March of sending illegal shipments of telecom equipment to Iran, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned. The seriousness of the illegal sales to Iran were so extreme and continued for so long — from 2010 to […]

ICYMI: 2016 Proved To Be The Biggest Year In History For Gun Sales

Well, besides President-elect Donald J. Trump’s stunning upset win over Hillary Clinton, 2016 will also be known as another record year in gun sales. In fact, more guns have been sold this year than ever before in history. Stephen Gutowski of The Washington Free Beacon reported about this earlier this month: More gun-related FBI background […]

GUN SALES Surge Among GAYS, LESBIANS After #Pulse Club Massacre (Video)

GUN SALES are surging among gays and lesbians since the bloody Islamist massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The “Pink Pistols gay gun rights group encourages LGBT members to bear arms. The group has seen membership soar since the bloody Islamist attack. KDVR reported: Gun sales are surging in the wake of Sunday’s deadly mass […]

Gun sales create massive job opportunities

Surging demand for guns over the course of President Obama’s administration has led to the addition of nearly 25,000 new jobs in related retail and manufacturing industries, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. In 2015 alone, 24,763 jobs were created in the United States due to gun sales, the organization found, Breitbart reported. The […]

Facebook, Instagram Ban Private Gun Sales

Facebook and photo-sharing website Instagram are banning the private sale of firearms through their websites in what the New York Times describes as “a move meant to clamp down on unlicensed gun transactions.” The ban does not prohibit licensed dealers from engaging in transactions. Facebook and Instagram users will no longer be able to offer or […]

Texas Gun Store: Sales After Obama’s Terrorism Speech Eclipsed Black Friday

Although background checks on Black Friday were record-setting, SK Arms in Midland, TX, says sales the day after President Obama’s terrorism/gun control speech were even bigger. In fact, SK Arms says Obama’s speech ushered in a surge of gun sales that lasted all week long. The Midland Reporter-Telegram published an excerpt from Obama’s December 6 speech in […]

Obama Weighing Executive Order to Expand Background Checks to Some Private Gun Sales

Eight days after a gunman opened fire in Roseburg, Oregon, with weapons acquired through a background check, President Obama is weighing the option of using an executive order to circumvent Congress and make background checks a requirement for certain private sellers. According to The Hill, a White House official has confirmed that the executive order […]

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