Either our economy is still in the crapper or Apple is kicking A$$

[ztirffritz]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/..._2011.html

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries...rows_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.

[jdc]

Guess that depends on who you ask?

For me: still waiting for the Depression of 2009 to end.

[davester]

It's not an either/or thing you know.

[testcase]

Yes

[NewtonMP2100]

.....A$$.....if.....

[Black]

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'.

[RAMd®d]

Good on latter, bad on the former.

[IronMac]

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.