Collecting My Thoughts

I confessed in my piece about Elizabeth Warren that I shopped on Panic Saturday (Dec. 21). Macy's was so happy to see me again that toda...

I shopped on panic Saturday! December 21. More money was spent by Americans that day, $34.4 billion, than any day in America's history. ...

$8.2 Billion – The estimated amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2014 . Sales at bookstores in August 2014 were es...

Our educational theme this week at Lakeside is WWII. We've reviewed the horrors of the European theater and the Pacific theater. Within ...

Doesn’t seem to be much love for retail in this article.  I wonder if the author understands that it is the advertising for products (which ...

Oh the outrage that some major retailers will be open on Thanksgiving Day!  Many single and foreign born employees like the extra hours, and...

I remember eating at the Woolworth's in Dixon, Illinois when shopping with my mother. I checked on line and it opened in 1914 and clos...

Media hype wrong again So much for all the gloom, doom and disaster the media were promoting. Who are their sources? The people went out on ...

Dear Jim McCann, CEO and Chris McCann, President 1-800-Flowers Carle Place, NY You didn't ignore Christmas! Good for you! I see th...

If your company ignores Christmas--Barnes & Noble Carolyn Brown Director of Corporate Communications Barnes & Noble.com Dear Ms. Bro...

If your company ignores Christmas don't expect my business. Dear Melissa Birdsong, Vice President, Lowe's Companies, Inc. Thank you...