Christmas 2013: Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores

The following chart shows the year over year percent change in aggregate hours worked by production and nonsupervisory employees at hobby, toy, and game stores.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIu4pBrRVtj7TwmDEr9GdGZJp0JIOLatW6HnGO7yw6_m-FD1yCIWlzHtIRMIEOs0vEV3Ic7QM4rFhtbfKWu7sa80hk26SkOpr_Jvs_Ff5rpCFrRe-CxtzeqRLFXGocd_KFKOS-_pfHf0/s1600/Hobby,+Toy,+and+Game+Stores.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIu4pBrRVtj7TwmDEr9GdGZJp0JIOLatW6HnGO7yw6_m-FD1yCIWlzHtIRMIEOs0vEV3Ic7QM4rFhtbfKWu7sa80hk26SkOpr_Jvs_Ff5rpCFrRe-CxtzeqRLFXGocd_KFKOS-_pfHf0/s320/Hobby,+Toy,+and+Game+Stores.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />We're certainly heading into the Christmas season with plenty of momentum. I'll give the optimists that. Some might argue that the momentum is in the wrong direction though.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a>

Christmas 2013: Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores

The following chart shows the year over year percent change in aggregate hours worked by production and nonsupervisory employees at hobby, t...

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