Increases were more subdued than many economists had expected due to heavy postholiday discounts on clothing and lower prices for package holidays. ❋ Nina Koeppen (2011)
"January is where we look for all the postholiday clearance and it can be a mixed bag," said David Bassuk , head of the retail practice at AlixPartners. ❋ Karen Talley (2012)
Unlike decaying Christmas trees and reindeer sweaters, warming glühwein is a welcome postholiday guest . ❋ Unknown (2011)
This year, instead of a preholiday jaunt down Fifth, Georgia had taken a postholiday stroll up Park. ❋ Jenny Nelson (2010)
EST postholiday close, the benchmark 10-year note was 12/32 higher, or $3.75 per $1,000 invested, to push down the yield to 2.870%. ❋ Min Zeng (2010)
Demand traditionally rises during the July Fourth holiday, but the postholiday drop-off this year was the largest since 2003. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They were reasoning that Tuesday's strong postholiday rally has left a lot of potential for a correction on new information. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That's a modest drop compared with the 178,000 jobs lost in the prior two months, but there is a caveat: Holiday hiring was dismal, which led to fewer layoffs in the postholiday months. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Crude futures saw their last significant leg down in the wake of the Memorial Day holiday, when a postholiday decline followed a preholiday run-up in prices. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Best Buy, which reports results Wednesday, cut its fiscal-year earnings and same-store-sales views in February, saying postholiday sales in categories such as home theater were disappointing. ❋ Unknown (2008)
As stocks rose in an abbreviated postholiday session, Black Friday (as in "in the black") lived up to its name for retailers like Wal-Mart Stores, while beaten-back financials like American International Group found buyers and E*Trade Financial surged on the prospect of putting itself up for sale. ❋ Unknown (2007)
And if you need a postholiday pick-me-up, L'Hotel, a chic Left Bank boutique, suggests a January and February "escape the winter blues" package that includes continental breakfast, two massages and a three-course dinner starting at about $520 a night. ❋ Unknown (2007)
“Scatter evergreens across your table for a festive postholiday centerpiece.” ❋ Maribeth Fischer (2007)
The January junket to warmer climates — a postholiday tradition of sorts for some members of Congress — could be headed to the wayside. ❋ Unknown (2007)
More than one prediction puts postholiday sales at roughly 15% of the total holiday season, and some economists are even breaking up their forecasts into pre- and post-holiday numbers. ❋ Michael Barrett (2006)
If one in five holiday consumers is going to make a holiday purchase online, as The Wall Street Journal reports, chances are high that similar numbers will want to use their gift card to pay for postholiday purchases on the web. ❋ Michael Barrett (2006)
There may be opportunity to create a mini-season to cater to the postholiday shopper, but this requires solid preholiday execution to create the open planning dollars. ❋ Michael Barrett (2006)
During the postholiday waistline shopping period, stores like [GNC] and [Whole Foods] see a jump in their sales while consumers try to shed their [holiday pounds]. ❋ Crackberry:) (2009)
