Exactly. The post does not include a single year-over-year comparison. Because of seasonal variations, year-over-year is the only valid revenue comparison in most industries. Do the writers at TC not remember that little consumer tradition of holiday gift giving?

Either they chose to ignore YOY so they could use contrarian (optimistic) headlines to get attention or they are utterly clueless. In the first case, that's blatantly unethical reporting.