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Visa USA sees disappointing finish to holiday sales
By James Covert • Last Update: 2:18 PM ET Dec 26, 2006

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Deep discounts helped fuel a last-minute surge in holiday retail sales, but business still appears to have fallen short of earlier projections, according to the most recent data from credit-card company Visa USA. More


Holiday tally: Retail's winners and losers
Luxury sellers shine, department stores surprisingly popular with shoppers, but there isn't much cheer at Wal-Mart and Gap.
By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com staff writer- December 26 2006: 1:35 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As the dust begins to settle on what looks to be a disappointing 2006 holiday shopping season, industry experts are tallying retail's winners and losers.More

Social networks influence holiday e-shopping
IDG News Service 12/26/06

Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service, Miami Bureau
New e-commerce trends have shaped this holiday season, including the increasing importance of social networks, blogs and user content, booming sales of luxury items, an extended shopping period and the emergence of niche sellers
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Principles of Marketing - Part 20: Setting Price
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In Part 19: Pricing Decisions we provided the foundation marketers use to make pricing decisions. In this part of the Principles of Marketing tutorial we look at the process marketers follow when setting product prices. This coverage includes examination of: approaches to setting an initial price; different price adjustments marketers make before settling on a final selling price; payment options; and additional issues that affect pricing.More

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Objectives of Sales Promotion

Sales promotion is a tool used to achieve most of the five major promotional objectives discussed in Part 12: Promotion Decisions:

Building Product Awareness – Several sales promotion techniques are highly effective in exposing customers to products for the first time and can serve as key promotional components in the early stages of new product introduction. Additionally, as part of the effort to build product awareness, several sales promotion techniques possess the added advantage of capturing customer information at the time of exposure to the promotion. In this way sales promotion can act as an effective customer information gathering tool (i.e., sales lead generation), which can then be used as part of follow-up marketing efforts.Continue Article

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The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington , DC , has obtained an arrest warrant for Bruce Shelton, 59, in connection with an August 14, 2006 theft from a jewelry store. The suspect had distracted a store employee while his accomplice reached into an open showcase and took a tray of merchandise. The accomplice has already been arrested. The suspect is a black male with a light complexion. Please call the Metropolitan Police at 202-727-9099 if you have information about this suspect.

 

W A N T E D
Name: KEITH RAMON MCCLOUD
Born: 12/09/62
Description: African-American Male, 41
6’2”, 210 lbs., Brown eyes
Shaved head
Remarks: Violent gang member
Felony assault conviction

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Lets Talk Gemstones
By Edna B. Anthony, Gemologist
P.O.# 62653; Colorado Springs, CO. 80962

The Silicates - An Introduction

In the earlier articles written on andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite, (polymorphic forms of the aluminosilicate group of the Nesosilicates), I made the observation that few people were aware of the relationships between so many gemstones. Only now am I beginning to grasp the complexity of some of these relationships. I find it much easier to remember important information if I fully understand the underlying structure wherein these relationships exist. In my gemology training, we did not have the time to explore these structures, nor comprehend how a gemstone fitted into the overall picture.Click here for story

 

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