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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (182764)11/26/2005 8:30:07 AM
From: Amy J  Respond to of 186894
 
"Electronics is clearly the winner of the day," Ford said.

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Said Lavielle, "Electronics was definitely the first place our shoppers were going to."

Industry watchers had picked Wal-Mart's $378 HP pavilion laptop as one of the must-have deals of the season.

CNN showed video of shoppers scuffling at a Wal-Mart store in Orlando, Fla., with an eyewitness saying laptops were being thrown "20 feet in the air and people were collapsing on each other to grab them. It was ridiculous."

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Retailers' spirits have improved in recent weeks as gasoline prices have fallen. In fact, on Tuesday National Retail Federation upgraded its holiday growth forecast to 6 percent from the 5 percent

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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Getting your hands on one of this holiday season's hottest gifts [xbox] might be even harder than you think... Wall Street has been expecting Microsoft to deliver more than 2 million of its next generation consoles to retailers worldwide this year.

Concerns about shortages, parts problems and other associated inventory qualms are typical of any console hardware transition," wrote McNealy

[ Very nasty component shortages suddenly are occurring in the overall industry - 4 month lead-times in some cases. ]