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The National Retail Federation reported that the Black Friday weekend was a disaster, which bodes poorly for the balance of the holiday shopping season.
ThinkstockOnline traffic and sales posted new milestones over the past two days, with mobile traffic accounting for 52.1% of all online traffic on Thanksgiving Day and 49.6% of all traffic on Black...
courtesy of Wal-Mart StoresIt’s a marketing adage that keeping an existing customer is both cheaper and easier than wooing a new one. It takes time and money to become one of America’s most...
ThinkstockTotal online traffic on Thanksgiving Day rose 14.3% this year compared with 2013, but the average order value was about 2% less. Mobile traffic accounted for over half (52.1%) of all online...
ThinkstockThanksgiving Day online shopping posted some good news and some not-so-good news. As of 6:00 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving Day, online sales are up 12.2% compared with the same period a year ago...
Despite early sales and other promotions to get them into the stores earlier this year, most U.S. consumers have most of their holiday shopping still to complete.
Best Buy is a big name in the retail industry and it is looking to have a big holiday season as well.
ThinkstockcomScore has released its official spending forecast for the November-December 2014 holiday season, along with desktop retail e-commerce spending for the third quarter. The forecast came...
On Tuesday, Standard & Poor's said it expects holiday sales to be below the historical average this year.
Daily spending for U.S. consumers remained relatively flat in October, according to Gallup.
Data for September shows that personal income has been growing, but spending fell slightly on volatile auto sales and lower gas prices.
Walmart has decided to start the holiday shopping season on November 1, at least in so far as it has created deals to bring in customers so early.
It is not particularly surprising that a major shipping company would disclose that the holiday season will be its busiest.
No matter what type of retailer, holiday spending will be relatively bright, according to a new study.
The big question for retailers and for the economy is how the key fourth quarter will turn out. Two key forecasts suggest what to expect from the upcoming season.