William Ford Quotes (12 Quotes)

For the most part, spending continued steadily throughout the weekend. It is not unusual to see a slight slowdown in sales after an initial surge on the day after Thanksgiving -- particularly with a long shopping season.

A welcomed relief from severe mid-December weather precipitated sales surges in the Midwest and Northeast. However, other parts of the country experienced just the opposite trend because of the ice storm which paralyzed parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

In spite of vibrant economic conditions, holiday shoppers continued to hold back and remained very value conscious, taking advantage of retail promotions and deep discounts,

A long pre-Christmas shopping weekend helped buoy December retail sales by 2.1 percent, just edging out November's 1.9 percent gain. As a result, the year ended on a positive note, albeit modest and consumer confidence is on the rise again - a good sign moving into the New Year.

Consumers have been on a shopping frenzy for so long, they may be trying now to 'pace themselves' in preparation for the upcoming holiday shopping season.

This is not a sacrifice we will ask only the UAW and its members to share. There will be sacrifices throughout the company, top to bottom.

Friday's same-store sales data are an early indication that shoppers are meeting retailers' expectations, ... The sales growth is in line with the healthy state of the economy and consumer confidence.

There are more people shopping, but they're spending less.

With both Christmas and Hanukkah coming late in the week, and considering that two of last year's top four shopping days fell immediately before Christmas, it is still possible that we will see a boost in spending.

We know we can't cost-cut our way to a product-led recovery. Great products made us who we are and it's going to take us where we're going.

I've had dozens of conversations in El Salvador over the years with people who said it would be simply unthinkable for any group of low-ranking guardsmen to kill four North American women without having been ordered to do so, that the system just didn't work that way,

It's going to be painful for some people. Is everybody going to be happy No. And they shouldn't be.