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Another Take on the Holiday Sales Slump

Posted by Chip

I kept hearing today about the numbers report from the National Retail Federation. Apparently, holiday sales were down 2.8% in 2008. Here's the report:

US Holiday Retail Sales Fell 2.8%: NRF

Here's my take - at least from the perspective of my household. We finally had an excuse to cut back on holiday spending. Frankly, over the last several years we have way over spent during the holidays. And, we used the economic situation as an excuse to cut back. We didn't really have to - we chose to. I've talked to more than a few people and they have confirmed that they did the same thing.

Now I'm not saying that there isn't a problem with our economy. It's very real. But, there are maybe a few more issues relating to what's really going on.

Beware of What You Put in Your Corporate Docs

Posted by Chip

Here's an interesting article about a class on what not to put in your corporate documents and emails:

Course shows companies what NOT to put in writing

Dangerous Documents offers such helpful tips as: Instead of writing, "We'll meet on Thursday to destroy the documents," it's better to say, "We'll meet on Thursday to implement our document retention policy."

Very interesting what gets archived these days, isn't it?