Do you need proof that 99.9% of the ads currently in circulation suck? If you do need such evidence, Associated Press has it.
Consumers put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales crashing by the sharpest amount in nearly two years.
The Commerce Department reported today that retail sales fell by 0.9 percent last month, the biggest drop since August 2005. Demand for autos, furniture and building supplies all plunged.
The drop was much bigger than the flat reading that economists had been expecting. It raised new worries about consumer spending, which is closely watched because it accounts for two-thirds of total economic activity.
Come on people. We can do better. Our brilliant ideas are supposed to lead to the sweet ring of cash registers.
Time to try harder, I guess.
