Polls show that more than half of respondents in the United States will cut Christmas spending

At the end of the month, the West will usher in Christmas, and the United States will also enter the Christmas shopping season where people have the highest shopping enthusiasm during the year. However, the report of the US investigation agency “Rasmussen” pointed out that only 13% of respondents stated that during the shopping season this year will increase consumption, 58% of respondents will reduce shopping spending, and other 27% of respondents Holiday spending will remain unchanged from last year. On December 3, 2010, BTV broadcasts "Again to Year-end Shopping Season" on the column entitled "The World Is Talking Every Day". The following is a record of the program:

Host: Hello everybody, welcome to the "Tian Tian Tian Tian Tan Tan", but also to the end of the year to start buying New Year's goods, and in the United States, with the arrival of Black Friday, the shopping season with the highest enthusiasm for shopping during the year also opened the Christmas shopping season Curtain.

Episode 1: The US "Black Friday" opens the Christmas shopping season dubbing:

In the United States, the first day after Thanksgiving every year is called “Black Friday” and this day marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. During this year's shopping season, businesses are able to use all the means, ranging from furniture and electrical appliances to clothing, shoes, and hats, all offering attractive discounts ranging from 50% to 40% to the lowest 30% and 20%. Have. The retail giant Wal-Mart even stated that as long as customers find that the price of similar products is lower than that in the store, they can purchase the goods at the lowest price.

Some retailers said that from the current situation of a few days, this year's sales situation is significantly better than last year, so most businesses are optimistic about the increase in turnover during the shopping season this year.

In the same period: Fletcher, deputy manager of the mall, is very busy and very pleasing. People are out shopping early and hope to go home to share holiday with family. The National Retail Association predicts that there will be 140 million this year, that is, nearly half of Americans will be during the holiday season. Shop to the store. A survey released by the American Consumers Union and the National Association of Credit Unions shows that compared to last year, more Americans think their financial situation has improved, and the number of people who decided to increase shopping during the holiday season has also increased from 8% last year to 10%.

During the same period: Consumer Juan as you see Although I did not plan to shop but we still consumed the mall without closing down. It was great. A lot of things were good but the report of the investigation agency “Rasmussen” pointed out that only 13% Respondents said that during the shopping season this year will increase consumption, 58% of respondents will reduce shopping spending, and other 27% of respondents' holiday spending will be flat with last year.

Moderator: Well, we are more relaxed about this topic today, that is to say, shopping, the studio said to hire Professor Han Yunxiu of Tsinghua University's China Center for Economic Research. Hello, Professor Han. The other is China Radio International. News commentator Zhang Yuqing, Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing: Hello, Jiang Hua.

Moderator: We are now talking about what this Black Friday is all about. It is said that in the concept of economics, black represents people. If the number of people who buy things is too much, then it becomes “Black Friday”. Is this the case? Professor Han?

Han Yunxiu: This is the concept that the United States produced in Philadelphia. The source of the story was in Philadelphia, USA. After this Thanksgiving day, everyone began to prepare for Christmas shopping. There are two layers of meaning: black and one person. Many, many cars, overcrowding, everyone lined up, driving a car to buy, there is a shopping in the shop if it is every day is not enough to win it is red to standard.

Moderator: Just like reports.

Han Yunxiu: If it's deficit is a surplus, it's red. If he sells a lot of income today, it should be black, so it's called "Black Friday."

Zhang Yuqing: Actually from this Thanksgiving Day, after the Thanksgiving holiday, until Christmas, until New Year's Day, it is a shopping season that lasts for about four or five weeks and has a maximum period of five weeks. It is called At the end of the year shopping season, this year's shopping season is actually the highest, it is not in the "black friday", the more popular shopping season, the highest year of the year should be on Christmas Eve, that is, on December 24 or It is the last weekend before Christmas, Saturday.

Han Yunxiu: Before 6 o'clock, because after 6 o'clock, all were closed. Before 6 o’clock, the people were too inconvenient.

Zhang Yuqing: I also added that what Mr. Han just said was called “Black Friday.” There is another layer of meaning that may be referring to, that is to say, for those retailer’s clerk, this one after Thanksgiving. During the week, because of the big sale discounts, there are more guests and the business is busy. At this time, he will be half dead.

Moderator: He will be very tired.

Zhang Yuqing: Very tired, they think that the weekend of this week is simply black and too hard.

Moderator: Right, originally when we were studying, the teacher told us that this “Black Friday” was just a day when it was just in time to catch up with No. 13 from their beliefs. This is a very unlucky day.

Han Yunxiu: There is also a stock market crash on Black Friday.

Zhang Yuqing: Because of this factor you just mentioned, because Westerners actually think that 13 or 5 is not auspicious, because in the teachings of ** teach it is so, so now many businesses no longer have it Called Black Friday, it's called Green Friday. It uses the green of the dollar bill to indicate that it is green for this shopping season.

Moderator: Yes, I think it's quite appropriate to say so, well, that actually, as we temporarily call it Green Friday, because there are many people who buy things, so the stampede is also prone to happen at the entrance of the store.