It is snowing and traffic is in chao here in the UK. For those of you who have safely made it home, here’s something to cheer you up. Have a merry Christmas.
Youth Money Management at Christmas
December 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“With all of the financial consequences that come along with holiday shopping, travel and family get-togethers, parents and youth alike can find themselves falling into debt,” states Don Murray, chairman of the Manitoba securities commission. To help prevent children from getting on a cycle of debt, parents and their kids need to have candid discussions [...]
White Christmas Comes Early
December 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We already know it is Christmas with all the decorations, shopping and the general anticipation of that most special day of the year. This morning though, in Essex UK, – a new and glorious dimension was added to the scene – SNOW. Looking out of my window and seeing the ‘white stuff’, i just couldn’t [...]
Consumers Are ‘Tweeting’ Their Ways to Christmas Bargains
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CBN has reported that shoppers are now using social media sites to get bargains during this festive season. For the full report, play the video below. Social media website have actually turned the world into a proper global village; so using it to make savings on shopping should not come as a surprise. If you [...]
Funny Friday – Holy Cow!!!
December 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
‘Wonders’ will never end: A calf has been born with the shape of a white cross on its fore head – and its owner reckons it’s a pre-Christmas present sign from above. The brown creature, which came into the the world at Brad Davis’ dairy farm in Sterling, Connecticut, has been named Moses by children [...]
Twelve (Shopping) Days of Christmas 2009
December 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Following my blog post yesterday, i got an email requesting that i explain “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”. Instead of just explaining those two shopping days, i have decide to give you a light-hearted 12-(shopping)-day countdown to Christmas 2009. I hope you enjoy it. Nov. 27 – Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving, you [...]
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Pent-up Demand
December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Now that “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” are behind us now with record numbers of transactions, (both days showed that consumers’ emotions run so wild that 1600 transactions a minute were recorded in the UK alone!!), i cannot help but wonder if many of us have not fallen victims of “Pent-Up Demand”. You see, there [...]
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