sales rose 10% compared to last november. sales on jcp.com were stronger. the stock rose in after hours. shares were up 1% to $10.11 in the regular session. groupon posted record sales this holiday weekend with more customers logging on to score savings. the daily deal site reported that black friday and cyber monday were the two biggest sales days ever in north america since the company's founding. the good news sent the stock up almost 4% to $9 and change. >>> shares of pharmaceuticals soared, they wilmar cut and oncomed will study the treatments and they will take a 5% stake. oncomed doubled price to $27.70 and cell gene fell. >>> a high flier on the first day of trading. the biotech company went public raising 70 mmds in the ipo. the stock rose more than 51% to $8.34. >>> the activist investor engaged capital is engaged in shaking things up at abercrombie and fitch. the letter says selling the struggling chain may be the best option. they responded to the suggest saying it welcomes in put. shares popped nearly 6% to $35.99. >>> the oreo cookie maker boo

what you're talking about sales, sales is always the product, it is the person.eone is not buying the product, they're buying you. you're hiring a salesperson, you're interviewing in my assessment for the personality, the qualities and skills and their enthusiasm toward your product. when they're presented to one of your customers, potential customers, they're going to be buying that person's personality and how they present your product. >> how do you find that person? >> it is a needle in a hay stack. we talk about mining for diamonds all the time. you sift through a lot of coal to get to the diamond, no doubt about it. in our system, with retro fitness and let's yo and selling franchises as opposed to selling gym memberships, we're looking for a person. it is that personality, that enthusiasm. they have to have a lot of passion and got to have that ability to want to work and put their enthusiasm around the clock into your business. >> right. i'm glad someone asked this question. i'm going to california next week to do a story on this thing, how to build a sal

to run that sales group?> yeah? >> kind of? >> you know, this is only the third time i've ever met her. [chuckles] so, to be honest, i have not spent a lot of time with her. >> how many years have you been here? >> five years. >> and this is only the third time you've met her? >> correct. >> this is a sales organization, right? >> yeah. >> it's not anything else, and life is about selling. so, if you don't have your sales stuff in order... >> yeah. that's definitely the number-one concern. >> joyce has only met jen three times in five years. how could you run a sales organization from 3,000 miles away? it sounds to me that sales are a much bigger problem than i originally thought. your role in the company is the sales. do you think it matters that you're not actually in california with the rest of the team? you're in new york. do you think that makes a difference? >> no. >> no problem? >> no. >> it seems odd to me that somebody would be in charge of sales and not be where the product is and not be where the t

amazon's monday sales up 44% from last year and ebay sales shot up 32%.arles, am i going too far? >> absolutely not. the revolution has finally come around after about a dozen years, it's with us big time and i've got to tell you, of all the names, obviously, amazon has done well and google i like ebay a lot. stuart: really? >> i'll tell you why. they've had a lot of momentum coming into december and the same-store sales last week of november up 32%. for next year the growth on the top line should be about 15%. stuart: when you say top line. charles: the revenue growth. stuart: the money coming in, up 15%. charles: versus google 15% and amazon 22%. and amazon and google are up and ebay is relatively flat. two years ago they got an acquisition of a company that does transfers to your cell phone number. of course you've got paypal and you good this zon to it. stuart: they're riding the wave of mobile devices shopping on-line and making it easier. charles: the mobile is actually what probably made the on-line revolution possible. because we have the on-line

you look at the company and say a price to sales or price to sales to sales growth basis, it's trading to be not only excessive, but unsustainable premiums to peers. so the bottom line here is, we think twitter is a good company. we like the platform. but the reality is that there are too many risks to warrant what we see as a very stretch valuation at this point. >> scott, just to step in here for a second and thinking about the momentum of these businesses, and the near term retail demand, do you think you could be right, but potentially not right for a period of time? yours seems to be more of a valuation call. >> well, sure. fundamentals is one of the factors. the valuation is another one. potential catalyst is something that we think about, as well. look, this is a 12-month view. so there could definitely, and we assume there will be, fluctuations in the price that don't adhere to how we're thinking about the name at this point. but the reality is, there's really no way to look at the stock, we think, without considering it at least fully valued if not excessively valued. >> scott

sales have been weak for months. august numbers were revised down by 15% we learned today and september's numbers fell from there down 10% from a year ago, then this huge october leap? >> this number will likely be revised down but if you take it at face value, you're only going back to the april levels of new home sales, which is nothing stellar. i want was a better market but certainly isn't a market that's soaring. >> reporter: that's because mortgage rates are rising right along with home prices, and that will continue into 2014. >> in the summer months, i think it contributed to demand. i think people thought we better get in now and lock up at the lower rates, and i think as that passed, it may pull demand forward. >> reporter: mortgage rates fell and held study but last week they began to rise again and continued this week on positive economic data, a good jobs report on friday could push them even higher and that's why some lenders are urging their customers to lock in now. for "nightly business report", i'm

sales, maybe about 10%, existing home sales, maybe about 5%.ds me, how the its way into this. yesterday we did hear from the federal reserve that is is going to start tapering. it is going to wind down asset purchases beginning in january. what does that mean for the average american looking for a home? >> the affect of the tapering will be some degree of increase in interest rates. the good news is that it is going to be relieving a certain amount of uncertainty in the market. other investors were being driven out of the market for purchasing mortgage-backed securities. i think with the fed backing out, there is certainty on their part that it is time for us to get back in. i think the rate effect is going to be more moderate. look at what fannie and freddie are doing. the regulator their specified the interest rate charged on fannie and freddie loans is going to go up about 14 basis points next year plus a whole new set of risk-based pricing for people with credit scores 700w -- i think it is about -- 740 or so. i am not quite sure on that. i

a massive security breach at target, but it tonally affects point of sale transactions, not online sales. maybe another reason to log on and stay home. if you're an obamacare critic, what is the best way to get a one-way ticket to china? you could say this. >> i see a huge train wreck coming down. you and i discussed this many times. and i don't see any results yet. look, what can you do to help, all these people around the country, what in the world do i do and know what to do? honey, did you get e toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r onflat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. stuart truly startling new polls on obamacare. from the "new york times", 53% of uninsured people disapprove of the law. stuart: their sales pitch seems out of touch. here what the first lady said yesterday. >> we urge people to reach out. if they signed up their child and sign up their friends. if you have grand kids, make it a

it snow surprise this sale -- it is no surprise that sales were down. >> shopper spent -how much is that? per family? 423 down from 423 in 2012. >> i think this question requires maybe a big picture approach, holiday shopping started early this year. retail me not conducted a survey. survey. 40% of shoppers started in september. it might have taken a bite out of the black friday sales. and there was a 21% jump in cybershopping monday. it might plan out. >> it always goes up, double digit? >> i don't know if much. last year was the biggest on-line shopping day in history, we were expecting a 15% jump. >> another big question, who won out, is it bcks and mortars or on-line? >> amazon. every other promoon i have seen, they matched or came in less. i think they will be a winner. >> traiz, y look at this, people wre are the deals out there. i am seeing great deals if you have time to shop. particularly amazon, to 80% off ebay to 70%, nordstrom 40% off, old navy 30%. we're seeing big deep discounts today, it is worth look if you have time left. >> so, christen to you, desperate times or desper

research firm eros star expects it to reach $28 billion in sales by 2017. analysts i spoke to don't see demand for vitamins decreasing any time soon. they wrote that supplements provide consumers a low-cost alternative to traditional health care and younger consumers will be a driving of future sales as this segment of the population is focused on their physique than in years past. for "nightly business report", i'm seema mody. >>> coming up, 1 million for a bus stop and millions more for crystal steam ware, that's how congress is spending tax dollars and why one senator says enough is enough. >>> this weekend's massive storm that dumped ice and snow to main kepted millions of would be shoppers out of the malls. the shopper track reports the number of shoppers at the brick and mortar stores this past saturday, get this, plunged nearly 26% from the same day a year ago. >>> nearly a third of all americans will be hitting the roads this holiday season. aaa predicts 95 million people will be traveling at least 50 miles from home between this coming saturday and

keep in mind online sales only make up 6% or so of total retail sales. that means brick and mortar retailers are pulling out all the stops. even if it means staffing a store in the middle of the night. in new jersey for "nightly business report," i'm sara ei n eisen. >>> shares of tesla surged higher. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. regulators reaffirmed the five-star safety rating of tesla's model "s" for 2014 despite recent incidents where three of those models caught fire after crashing. and those fires are still under investigation. tesla shares popped 5% to $151.25. >>> la quinta has confidentially filed for ipo. it's seeking to raise as much as $4.5 billion in the offering. the price and numbers of shares won't be known. shares of blackstone ended the day slightly higher to $31 and change. there are also reports out today that the carlisle group is close to pulling off a deal with johnson & johnson to buy j&j's blood unit. it's au transaction that could e worth about $4 billion. the health care giant has been looking to sell the divis

sales at u.s. stores have been down each of the first three weeks of december compared with last year. that is according to shopper track, the company which gathers all of the data at some 40,000 locations across the country. from december 2nd to the 8th, they were down 0.8% from the 9th to the 15th, sales down 2.9% and from december 16th to the 23rd, sales were down 3.1%. but all is not lost. november sales were strong. an initial momentum going on and this season is estimated to be up 2% from last year. the reason december and november sales figures are so important is u.s. retailers generate 40% of their annual revenue in these last two months of the year. the news isn't much better when it comes to online sales this holiday season which haven't measured up to expectations. between november 1st and december 15th, experts predicted internet sales would be up 14% but they only raised 9%. final figures are due in january. the retailers are going nuts today sending out massive e-mails. sale, sale, f

from all indications that we see, the sales just overall retail sales have not been that strong in stores. so maybe it was the weather. in new york it was really warm, so maybe people didn't feel like shopping, but we see where it continues to be a bit soft even though the retailers are offering a lot of discounts. >> have you seen any only technical dotal of it based on the behavior you're monitoring? >> we have a consumer sentiment index, and it's flat year-over-year. one thing that's important that we noticed is people in terms of making a major purchase or buying something, you know, a big ticket item is actually down 20% year-over-year. people may hold off a little bit on those big ticket items. we may see where they're willing to spend on smaller items, maybe apair rel, since it's so heavily discounted right now. we have hesitation a bit from some consumers. when we look at retail traffic by affluent adults, so those that earn 100,000 or more, their traffic is much higher than others. it's really the people that have money that are going to go out and shop more. they're the ones boo

sales were up and that is the sharpest increase since june. >>> with stronger retail sales in november, there was more good news in the housing recovery. total foreclosure activity saw the largest monthly drop in three years last month. rising home prices had been a huge help but rising mortgage rates have not, and that has some concerned that the healing might slow down in 2014. diana olick has more. >> reporter: the signs are good. fewer of these signs. that's because more troubled borrowers are finally finding a way out. >> because things in the economy have gotten better, the house prices, employment, interest rate, although ticking up are relatively low. >> reporter: foreclosure activity fell 15% from october to november. the steepest drop since 2010 when the robo signing scandal brought most foreclosures to a halt temporary. newly started foreclosures fell to the lowest level since 2005. while the nation-wide averages are positive, some states like maryland are just now ramping up the cleaning up, due to big legal and judicial delays in the foreclosure process. >> the story goes

22% last year, sales down this year. have the number one selling game in america right now with call of duty. but how would you measure the overall industry right now? >> so that's one -- that's the statistics or referring to are one segment of the industry, if you look at overall entertainment it's growing at dramatic rates. you think of new geographies that we've never had before like access to china and new developing markets, brazil, russia, new devices like smartphones and tablet's. overall we're still a small business, only a $50 billion worldwide industry compared to movies and television, which is a $500 billion industry. there's lots of growth and opportunity. what happens with new consoles, there's a little bit of change over and people start to slow purchases and wait for the next new exciting thing. we now have the new exciting xbox one. >> with the new consoles it changes people's patterns, they don't necessarily buy on the day of launch but wait until see which system to pick up and wait to see what they en

the national retail federation say sales accounted for 44% in total sales.'d rather shop from your couch than in the stores, apparently. and another 131 million people expected to shop on-line today. so-called cyber monday. there's the take away for the weekend. overall sales down in seven years, on-line exploding. now this, the white house says the healthcare.gov website is fixed, or is it? and the president is playing up the front end of the website. that's the front end, but the back end providing information for insurers far from ready for prime time. this from the wall street journal today. this weekend miracle defies other evidence such as the recent admission by an hhs official that 30 to 40% of the exchanges are still unfinished. that's the back end, not done yet. bottom line, you might be able to log on more easily, but pricing and paying for a plan, not running well. and who knows where your information is going? all of this talk of the website being fully operational could be the president's mission accomplished moment. maybe he'll try that. the m

minute sales working?er: well, they appear to be, in some cases. some of the shoppers we spoke to said they hadn't planned on buying additional items while they were out christmas shopping for other people, but some of the deals were so good, they couldn't resist. >> brown: anna, thank you very much. well, the price of mailing a letter is going up again. starting january 26, a first class stamp will cost 49 cents. that's a three-cent increase, and the rate hike approved today will last two years. millions may soon receive the precious gift of hearing thanks to a remarkable new device. that's just ahead. . [ male announcer ] coughequence #10. speechless. so here's to the bride and... [ coughs ] [ all gasp ] [ male announcer ] robitussin dm max now comes in a new liquid-filled capsule. nothing provides more powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. >> pelley: at the vatican today, pope francis celebrated christmas eve mass, his first as leader of the roman catholic church. in his hom

the sales tax.n not located in new york city by the same book from amazon, you don't pay sales tax. my solution is get rid of the sales tax for the brick and mortar stores, not at the sales tax for the online. dagen: some states don't have income tax like florida and they need the sales tax. judge napolitano: no state needs more taxes. they need to spend less. gerri: that is a different argument. judge napolitano: the government is looking for every opportunity they can to take cash from us and our using these simple basic arguments, we don't have an income tax so we need a sales tax. >> we are agitated you are under the bus. dagen: i actually covered the trial here in new york state. he is going to be paroled, poster child for wealth and greed. there was the mistrial and he was retried. this was different because he went to state prison. judge napolitano: he went to state prison for eight years for receiving $134 million in bonuses. every single one of which was authorized by the board of directors

holiday sales spiking just before christmas about 2.3%.hat's pretty good compared to last year, but it is all about -- yes, some returns, but these gift cards right here, $30 billion are. a lot of those are going to be spent today. i have 25 bucks on this jcpenney card, and i'm going to be spending that later on today too. >> let me ask one more question and then i'll let you go shopping. online sales -- it seems that people are bypassing the malls and crowds and shopping right in their homes using their computers. it's really popular. >> yeah, it's been like a black friday, some of the online sales started on christmas eve, christmas day, all day long, some of the websites are offering some of these door-buster sales even during christmas day with deals up to 70%, so that will be a big factor today again. >> jim hooley thank you very much for that report. >>> a lot of people who did go shopping online tried to time it, thinking the gift i bought will arrive at my love's one doorstep by christmas day. that hasn't happened for a startling n

has called you and says right at sales started a week before the regular sales, would you like to shoptly at 40% off? sales are being used smartly as a reward for loyalty. they are happening in front of your eyes. >> you are acclaimed for your research. you went to the university of chicago and dove into a topic. what did you learn in your research? >> i think it's important to think about the psychology of shopping and the psychology of retail. it is the way we respond to prices which is very much at discount chemical reaction. also how we are manipulated by every store we walk into. >> are you saying we should get drunk before we go shopping? >> no, shopping will get you drunk. what did you learn at jcpenney this weekend? they finally ended two straight years of declining same-store sales. are they ready to turn things around? getting into a doctor who moment by getting and undoings everything that was done in crossing their fingers. they are reinventing the store like it used to be. >> will the customer go back to that? >> we are talking about holiday retail which is different than

major retailers logged in weak sales in november. and stores that had sales gains-- report having to offer better bargins to attract shoppers. among the companies with sagging sales. l brands which owns victoria's secret and costco. walgreens was able to prompt an increase in sales through discount promotions. it's a first for kohl's stores -- staying open around the clock from december 20th through christmas eve. that's more than a hundred-hours- straight. the move is seen by some as a possible desperation move for the retailer that cut its full-year guidance and reported an 18% slide in quarterly earnings. jos a bank is turning a suitable profit. profits increased 2.3% on better than expected sales numbers for the third quarter. the ceo views it as a plus going into the critical holiday shopping season. the men's clothiing store also disclosed spending $1.2 million in its bid to buy men's wearhouse. men's wearhouse later made an offer to buy josabank. shareholders take lululemon to court over the company's sheer yoga pants. in its

sales down the 2%, 3%, that makes sense here.ed on the discounts that we're seeing not only in the states, but europe, watch out for those margins. >> margins could suffer, but vowels should be higher, shouldn't they? >> well, i think there's a couple things going on. the holiday started extra early this year. so last friday started almost a week before thanksgiving. so it was sort of a slow trickle and then we sort of got this -- took a breather, the consumer took a breather. more people are waiting until the last minute to sort of -- the last 25,%, 30% of the shoppers. maybe we'll see a last-minute rush. but, again, here in the uk, the weather is really working against us if you've waited until the last minute. >> so it seems as though what we're seeing is the rates at the bottom in terms of the margins, in terms of pricing. who can survive in this environment? who is going to merge as the winner? can you even say that there is going to be a winner this christmas shopping season? >> yeah. well, the interesting thing is, i think

as of monday evening, amazon sales were up 44%..com sold out of xbox one and ps4 consoles by monday afternoon. shifting gears, car sales are expected to rebound after slightly lower numbers in september and october. suv sales could be strong thanks to lower gas prices. >>> and the mystery over those google barges may be solved. the san francisco "chronicle" reports the company plans to use them as floating retail stores for its new google glass wearable device, and that will be in san francisco, los angeles and new york. so, an early look at some business headlines. back to you and have a great day. >> good to know. you, too. thanks so much. >>> well, "scrambled politics" is just ahead, including why new jersey governor chris christie is being called a flip-flopper. >>> and you won't believe who's being compared to crack-smoking mayor rob ford in a new political ad. that's coming up next. [ bells dinging ] ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells ♪ ♪ all seem to say throw care away ♪ ♪ from everywhere, filling the air ♪ [ female an

sales of taco bell and kfc reporting short sales. meantime krispy kreme shares tumbling on a quarterly revenue miss, 15 earnings guidance below consensus, hurt by weakness in its internation business. seems like krispy kreme cannot move more than -- >> oh, my. the first iteration was about cannibalization. this was a confusing conference call. om t i'm trying to parse it. it shouldn't be that hard. you don't need to go to m.i.t. to figure out same-store sales. there was a deceleration. >> the yum numbers, they're saying there will be a rebound. >> they've had such a big run. novak came on "mad money" and say we're not out of the woods but things are better. this is more of a reiteration of what they've been saying but the stock has just been a rocket from 67 to 77. there's a little profit taking. i wouldn't take it too seriously, unless there's a new incident. i had this guy from zoetis on last night. they're after every infection of foods, chicken, pork. >> and they are a spinoff of pfizer. were you favorably impressed? >> i was blo

that is what sales have been doing.ree angle and i expect that to continue and if that's what people will trade on that's why you can't short the stock. so i think what you have to do is, if this is the time what we want to do is put on a bearish bet that pays us to wait. what i'm going to look at doing is buying in july 375 put, $26 for that and then sell near dated put against it, the january 375, collect 365. what's going on the shorter data put is decaying as quickly as this longer data one. what you're going to do when that expires is probably go out and sell another one. >> so there are a lot of charts, lot of lines being drawn on charts. dan says he's putting on the carter hat. what do you say about the analysis? >> here's one thing to be mindful of. when you are an established trend and start to take out the top end usually it is a fairly mature thing before it actually ends. just to put this in context, amazon is up 60% on the year. you have things like yahoo! up 100, things like micron up 200. that part that's

david: lauren, these sales numbers are incredible. gm sales up 40%. ford up 7%. chrysler up 16%.gest number of vehicles sold by the way were pickup trucks. all three companies, do you notice any other trend? >> yeah i see a lot of trends. buick has a completely new lineup. ford of course is revamped their whole lineup. i have to give chrysler a lot of props. look what they did with the new cherokee, the grand cherokee. they have the dodge ram truck with a diesel in half-ton platform. these are all new product lines and they have done very well with them. also, even though it is not a u.s. brand, looking at nissan and toyota. they have done really well this month as well. again, new products and building them here in the u.s. and people want to buy them when they're built here. david: jeff, of course it is not just detroit. there are car companies outside like tesla for example. tessa up big-time today. i think it ended up about 16% of a gain back to the 150-dollar level of the stock price. do you think it stays there or are there more bumps ahead? >> clearly the story hasn't been

car sales and home sales doing well. giving a lending to business and getting the business is going. >> thank you. andrew wilson. he stays with us. also coming up, how these artists are turning technology to boost live performances. keep it right here. we are "on the move." ♪ >> i am francine lacqua. " on is "on the move, bloomberg.com. andrew wilson is the ceo of asset management. thank you for sticking around. we talked about the macro environment as we go into 2014. we talked about the you as a europe -- the u.s. and europe and u.k. they tell you about how markets are reacting? >> we are fortunate. we have seen inflows into certain bonds. from bloomberg is talking about the strategic and, font. that category has seen significant inflows. around $100 billion across was up inflows into bonds. it has flowed into bond funds. that number was higher in the middle of the year. tapering, it comes from emerging markets. big inflows into the equity bonds. the inflows, the other extreme dynamic is we have seen outflows from emer

>> it's a modest improvement in new home sales. ultimately new home sales depend on construction. you can't sell new homes if you're not building new homes. remember, construction is still far below normal levels. construction is running at about a 900,000 annual rate. normal is about 1.5 million. construction and new home sales still have a long way to go before they're back to normal. >> the other knock against these numbers if one were to characterize it as such, diane, this is a very small part of the overall housing market, new home sales, compared to existing homes? >> exactly. and existing home sales have been extremely weak in recent months and mortgage applications haven't been stellar. putting them into context is really important. the other issue is the point that we need construction activity. that's where the bang for the dollar is in terms of the actual job gains out there and much of the construction activity we've seen even though it's suppressed has been concentrated in multifamily homes where you don't get as much employment as you do actually in a single family

>> well, i do see higher sales in 2014.ee 16.1 million light vehicle sales, which is about 3.3% growth rate. that's slowing from the 8% increase we see for this year. and behind that i think it's a lot of positive fundamentals, the average vehicle over 11 years old right now so people are going to be coming into the dealership for fresh vehicles and there's a lot of new styling, new offerings, a lot of new technology and greater fuel efficiency and the affordability you mentioned easy to finance a car, i think that's going to help sales go higher. as far as the competition and market share, i think it's going to be a big battle with no super winners but very competitive. >> all right. i want you to give me three stocks you love for 2014 and one that may be spent in your view? >> well, we have two stars that are -- two companies that are five-star that's our strong buy opinion, johnson controls and automotive manufacturer that has a controls business for managing buildings, heating and ventilation and air conditioning, as we

. >> and a holiday treat as november sales give sales a lift. >> and a double whammy for financials.i with a downgrade and we could see a tougher than expected volcker rule. >> and ron burgandy means green for dodge. sales fueled for the durango. >> news on concerns that the fed might scale back their bond buying program when they meet later this month. we'll get ism services and new home sales in about an hour from now. it's been said maybe december tapers right around the corner, jim, if numbers like this keep up. >> i think it's tough for yellen to come in, we start tapering and we get some big frackus in january. we forget the two parties hate each other. they tend not to accomplish anything. worst congress in history if you care about output. she's going to be reluctant do that. people are starting to talk about doing the over 250,000 jobs on friday and that means interest rates go to 3 and that means ultimately you can buy the banks. that's the one group that does better at high rates. >> net interest margin. if we get above 250, that would be a good thing. >> you're going good

day's online sales. following on the trend of online shopping growing 15% this holiday season. >> i think the weather, particularly, across the midwest was pretty nasty over the last week, and people definitely feel more comfortable shopping at home. >> reporter: the day after christmas, consumers hedged the malls to return unwanted gifts and crash ash in those gift car. $163 each expected to be send according to the national retail federation. gift cards aren't counted as revenue until they are redeemed, retailers hope they will spend early and more than the value of the card. >> i'll probably spend the gift cards in the next week, the next day. >> nobody gave me a gift card, if you can imagine. >> reporter: while cashing in the cards is a good thing for retailers, the other bighing retailers are doing today, returns isn't great. some 6 0 billion dollars in returns, all americans return at least 1/3rd of a gift. retail es hoping they will buy more stuff when they go in for returns. for "nightly business

retail sales. now, we saw this trend play out yesterday, christmas day, online sales were up 16.5% from the same day last year. and that online growth is being driven by mobile, with mobile sales up 40% on christmas day. mobile is now approaching 29% of all of those online sales. now, social is playing a huge role in driving those purchases. shoppers referred to websites from facebook averaged over $72 per order. pinterest referrals drove nearly $87 per order. the people who clicked through from facebook were nearly four times as likely to actually make a purchase as those referred from pinterest. now, with online shopping proving so powerful, tyler, we'll have to see how this impacts retailers' overall strategy for next year's holiday season. >> very interesting, julia. i did a fair amount of my own shopping using mobile devices, phones or tablets as opposed to being, you know, either on the phone or on my keyboard at my desk. anyhow, julia, thank you very much. julia boorstin reporting from sunny

expect sales to be nearly 10% higher this year than last year. >>> and the sales outlook for target, not as rosy, the sales are cut for the retail shopper as shoppers are still worried about the hacking in target. they threatened to shop elsewhere, this comes on top of 11 class action lawsuits that have reportedly already been filed. >>> our next guest says that target mishandled this crisis and it could take years for the company to rebuild its brand and trust with customers. the brand expert with the firm dean crutchfield associates. so dean, what do you think that target needs to do now to repair what it has done wrong? >> well, there are two areas they need to look at. first of all, target is a strong brand in many ways. what would the target brand do in this situation? number one, number two, where they're going to regain trust is with their consumer. and they need to do four things, the first is to have information that is trustworthy. and that is a big problem, the second thing they need to do is help the consumer simplify the decision-making process, especially given all the

but what they did not know was that online sales would jump 37% last weekend as consumer sales fell at the malls. so the trucks are rolling again today. and u.p.s. beefed up staff last night saying they will get packages delivered today. but their cfo told our steve liesman they would not have to beef up their staff last weekend. of course, he said that two weeks ago. >> we continue to become more efficient and use technology on the ground for routing and scheduling. so we can, you know, meet increased demand with pretty much fixed amount of resources. >> reporter: as for the retailers, amazon placed the blame squarely on the carriers, saying amazon fulfillment centers processed and tendered customer orders to delivery carriers on time for holiday delivery. we are reviewing the performance of the delivery carriers now. the u.s. postal service also put out a statement saying that the package surge volume exceeded expectations. fedex also experienced some delays and apologized earlier this week but put out a statement today saying everything was going just fine. back to you. >> well, tal

from november 1 to christmas eve, sales rose 2.3% compared to last year. that is despite six fewer shopping days. but that's still lower than the 4% rise predicted. jewelry was the biggest seller. mobile devices made up a record 48% of all online shopping traffic and online sales jumped more than 16% on christmas day. >>> a holiday treat for travelers booking flights on delta this morning. a computer flip had some fares listed as low as $3. the deals included a round trip ticket from minneapolis to cincinnati for $25. normally that's $400. if you got it, you get to keep it. >>> brave and fast. a police officer is being held a hero after pulling a man from a burning car. that one. the driver crashed his mercedes on the divider in sherman oaks yesterday. the car burst into planes, sent clouds of smoke into the sky. two other drivers who saw the crash pulled over, but it was a member of the lapd bomb squad headed to work, who pulled over and pulled the man out. >> you have to do something your or you're going to watch someone burn to death alive. >> ironicall