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Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - ztirffritz - 07-13-2011
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/13/apple_accounted_for_one_fifth_of_all_us_retail_sales_growth_in_q1_2011.html
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2011-07-13-apple-sales-share-grows_n.htm
20% of ALL retail sales growth in the US in the first 3 months of the year belonged to Apple. That's everyone - Walmart, Target, BestBuy, Sears, everyone - all lumped to together - Apple represents 20% of ALL of the retail growth in the country. That is a scary big number for one single company that only sells 3-5 different products to claim.
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - jdc - 07-13-2011
Guess that depends on who you ask?
For me: still waiting for the Depression of 2009 to end.
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - davester - 07-14-2011
It's not an either/or thing you know.
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - testcase - 07-14-2011
Yes
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - NewtonMP2100 - 07-14-2011
.....A$$.....if.....
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - Black - 07-14-2011
I don't know how directly retail relates to the health of the economy at large-- but I would say the US economy is probably on better footing than a lot of other countries'.
Both. - RAMd®d - 07-14-2011
Good on latter, bad on the former.
Re: Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$ - IronMac - 07-14-2011
Black wrote:
but I would say the US economy is probably on better footing than a lot of other countries'.
I don't think so. While the US may be in better shape than the PIIGS, it's probably not better than the rest of Europe and certainly not better than the APAC countries.