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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Best Buy is a big name in the retail industry and it is looking to have a big holiday season as well.
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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...
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On Tuesday, Standard & Poor's said it expects holiday sales to be below the historical average this year.
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Daily spending for U.S. consumers remained relatively flat in October, according to Gallup.
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Data for September shows that personal income has been growing, but spending fell slightly on volatile auto sales and lower gas prices.
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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.
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It is not particularly surprising that a major shipping company would disclose that the holiday season will be its busiest.
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No matter what type of retailer, holiday spending will be relatively bright, according to a new study.
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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.
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