Black Friday is like a national phenomenon, ... The nice thing this year is that there's a lot of mall store traffic very early and people are holding lots of bags. So they're not just window shopping. They're actually buying. |
If I buy a hardcover biology textbook today, it was written three years ago. With an online textbook, the publisher can change it immediately, so the kids are getting up-to-date information. That's a tremendous difference. |
It has become clear over recent months that this is an area of increasing importance to independent producers. We are very happy to be working with i-Rights during this exciting time. |
It might make sense for it to be part of Ayer, because with Devens you'd have another community with no access to it. |
It's an interesting dichotomy, ... We know we're the defending state champ, so we've got to be ready for that. |
No one expected us to have a chance against them (Brady) last year. |
Now the work really begins. Everybody's going to have to have leveler heads. |
The numbers Visa has seen over the Friday and Saturday period are encouraging, but we will continue to watch over the next several weeks to see if the positive trends hold true, ... Based on the data Visa has seen to date, we remain cautiously optimistic that this will be a good holiday season for merchants. |
The odd thing is that the initial rush in some stores has dissipated, ... I think the shopping rush could taper off over the weekend. |
There's no question we're going to be short on those accounts. But when you're dealing with a 15,16, or 17 million dollar budget, you keep things in perspective... we'll have to swallow it and move forward. |
There's no question we're the underdog again, Brady has very good skill position players. But we've been in this position before and we've risen to the challenge. |
They capitalized on some mistakes we made, ... It was an exciting game, but we fell short. |
This was a game that just went back and forth, ... There were a lot of mistakes, a lot of hard hitting, and it just came down to us being able to get the breaks when we needed to set up in field goal position. |
Tim made the decision [Tuesday] night. He wants to express clearly to the fans that he wants to come back, but it's up to ownership. The one thing he doesn't want is to go into spring-training games without an extension. If it goes beyond that, Tim is going to play out the season and he is going to leave. |
Travel is the gift of choice this holiday season, |