The Scout Report: How the Holiday Season is Shaping Up

Although retailers report a record-breaking Black Friday, hopes for a strong holiday season remain uncertain.  The continued aging of the youth market continues to result in more num-nums making if from the plate to the mouth and, hence, spillage and its resultant "bonus treats" remain at an all time low.  There is, however, encouraging evidence that the aging "gray market" will help reverse that trend.  Ever-thicker eye glass lenses and a sometimes sloppy attention to lipstick seem to support what may be a very exciting development.

However, investors looking to make green out of gray should think carefully, as is demonstrated by the disappointing market performance of "the queen."  While increasingly reliable to spill a meatball down her shirt, said meatball is also increasingly likely to land on her protruding belly, which seems to be seconding as a table.  Is there a market opportunity there?  Not if you're eighteen inches high.

Thanksgiving was, frankly, DISAPPOINTING, with only nominal spillage from all attendants, including "grandma," who, quite literally, hoarded gravy that would have made a delicious kibble topping.

Will Christmas be better?  You'd be better off burying your bone.