COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS
GETTING REAL: Area businesses are changing tactics as they feel the economic downturn's sharp edge. Businesspeople who once had a gold-rush mentality are now bracing to ride out a downturn they suspect will continue well into next year.
CHANGING COURSE: In its first two years Nevada Jet Charter needed little advertising; the company feasted on overflow business sent from other carriers. But the flagging economy forced travelers to trade down from charters to airlines, slowing referrals and forcing the company to work for recognition.
EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: Crisci Builders President Joseph Crisci recalls his former days as a gym teacher and describes his love of yachting.
THIS WEEK'S LIST: Southern Nevada couriers and moving companies.
THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS PRESS POLL QUESTION
Log onto the Las Vegas Business Press Web site and let us hear your opinion on this week's question.
Although the Christmas shopping season opened with a "surprisingly strong" 3 percent gain over the previous year's Black Friday numbers, sales quickly began to tumble. Shopper visits plunged 19 percent in the two days after Black Friday, making sales growth in the three days after Thanksgiving just 0.9 percent above last year.
With less than three weeks left until Christmas, do you believe retailers will end up having a good holiday sales season?
answer at www.lvbusinesspress.com/poll
