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| How Stores Set Their Holiday Inventories Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:59 AM PDT
A look at how stores manage their orders for the holiday season: ——— A KEY SEASON: For many retailers, holiday business accounts for as much as 40 percent of revenue and profits. For toy sellers, it's half. For clothing stores in malls, November and December make up about a fifth of the bottom line. THE INVENTORY PICTURE: Caution rules for holiday 2010, but worries are rising that even small increases in inventories may be too generous because of the slowdown in consumer spending. Major toy sellers are planning their holiday inventories to be about the same as last year, says Jim Silver, an analyst at Timetoplaymag.com. Inventories for consumer electronics and clothing chains will be slightly bigger this year. LONG LEAD TIMES: It can be tricky for stores to gauge demand for the holiday season because they place orders in advance. Generally, retailers order merchandise four to six months in advance. Luxury stores order Christmas items six to nine months ahead because they're usually made overseas and involve intricate workmanship. But major toy sellers, including Toys R Us and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., start ordering playthings as early as the previous November because of the sheer volume. Department stores order as long as a year in advance. UP TO THE MINUTE: Purveyors of trendy fashion order items in the summer because they want to get the latest fads. They also use manufacturing facilities in places like Mexico, instead of farther away like China. Consumer electronics chains also generally order around this time of year to take advantage of technology advances. Typically, small shops order holiday goods also order in the summer because the quantities are small. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 15 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center was designed to be the premier help and assistance advocate for rental property owners dealing with lost vacation rental property income, because of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. The group is saying, "we know rental property owners in places like Destin or Pensacola, Florida, and/or Orange Beach, Alabama, have already lost 50% of their summer rentals, and we need to get them identified, so we can assist with a hopefully expedited claims process." The group says, "we don't know why this has not yet been picked up in the national press, but we have it on good authority that property owners, who have seen the value of their real estate decline, in Gulf States effected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill- have no claim at all." Rental property owners, who have seen a dramatic increase in their summer cancellations, in Destin or Pensacola, Florida, or Orange Beach, Alabama, should call the Gulf Oil Spill Help Center immediately at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at Http://GulfOilSpillHelpCenter.Com. (Vocus) July 15, 2010 -- The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center is ramping up its efforts to get help and assistance for rental vacation properties in places like Destin or Pensacola, Florida, and/or Orange Beach, Alabama. The group is saying, "if you are a rental condo owner, or a vacation rental property owner on the Gulf of Mexico, we know what the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has done to your summer rental income and we are here to try to help with the claims process. There is no charge for this service." The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center is also saying, "anyone who thinks this is just going away, and things will soon be right back to normal would be short sighted. A rental vacation property owner in Destin, Pensacola, Florida, or Orange Beach, Alabama, did not create this environment, but we are 110% certain they need help, and we are here to do just that." For more information please contact the Gulf Oil Spill Help Center at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at Http://GulfOilSpillHelpCenter.Com. The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center has just learned that at this moment, property devaluation losses due to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster are not yet on the table. The group is saying, "so 1000's of Louisiana fishing camp owners, who have just seen a 50% or more devaluation of their property have no claim? That's nonsense, and we want to hear from all property owners who have suffered a loss in their property's value due to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill." For more information please contact the Gulf Oil Spill Help Center at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at Http://GulfOilSpillHelpCenter.Com The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center is saying, "what if 170,000,000 gallons of crude oil were washing ashore in New York state or California? Would those property owners be told 'you do not have a claim' on the loss of your property's value?" Http://GulfOilSpillHelpCenter.Com # # # Americas Watchdog Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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