Charles O'Shea, Anecdotal Analyst

This is funny:

There seem to be more discounts on TVs this year, and shoppers are snapping them up, said Charles O’Shea, a New York- based retail analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. In the four hours he spent checking retailers in northern New Jersey, he saw several shoppers standing at bus stops holding flat-panel sets.

“It looks like everybody has caught the promotional bug pretty heavily,” O’Shea said.

Because nothing is more important in making a business decision than knowing what sorts of things Charles O'Shea saw people holding at a bus stop in northern New Jersey.