Holidays: Page 35
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Holiday sales poised to be best since Great Recession
B. Riley FBR added another optimistic holiday sales forecast, saying same-store sales for select retailers will increase 2.2%, the highest in a decade.
By Dan Alaimo • Nov. 8, 2018 -
Amazon mails out 1st toy catalog
A Holiday of Play, the e-tailer's catalog, joins many others in the toy category, a market with considerable space in the absence of Toys R Us.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 8, 2018 -
Trendline
Inside the 2024 holiday season
Retailers are navigating the effects of inflation as retail’s most important quarter looms.
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Macy's
Macy's, Facebook debut holiday pop-up shops
The social media giant will host 100 brands, many of them online pure-plays, at The Market @ Macy's.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 6, 2018 -
Kroger
Kroger partners with the remnant of Toys R Us
The grocery chain plans to bring a pop-up dubbed Geoffrey's Toy Box — consisting of exclusive toy brands and forged from the intellectual property of Toys R Us — to 600 stores.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 5, 2018 -
Amazon expands free holiday shipping to non-Prime members
The e-tailer may be feeling pressure from brick-and-mortar rivals like Target and Walmart, which have launched free shipping deals for the holidays.
By Daphne Howland • Updated Dec. 18, 2018 -
Kohl's sweetening its popular 'Kohl's Cash' for the holidays
The department store is making it easier to shop using its app and is leveraging stores for e-commerce fulfillment.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 5, 2018 -
Sponsored by B-Stock SolutionsHoliday returns are on the horizon….what's your strategy?
As the holidays bring an increase in expected returns, retailers may be smart to look towards liquidation as a channel to offset loss.
Nov. 5, 2018 -
Williams-Sonoma
Deep DiveWhy catalogs still have a hold on holiday marketing
Many retailers have turned into fourth-quarter catalogers to cash in on the season's sentimentality, while shoppers are crossing "irrelevant email marketing" off their lists this year.
By Cara Salpini • Nov. 2, 2018 -
Holiday e-commerce expected to reach $124B
The new record will be just the latest online holiday boost for retailers in the last four years, thanks in part to voice shopping, according to Adobe.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 2, 2018 -
Holiday spending set to rise 5.8%, FTI says
The holiday shopping forecast shows a rosy outlook as FTI Consulting expects 4% year-over-year sales growth in stores and 15.5% growth online.
By Dan O'Shea • Nov. 1, 2018 -
Corinne Ruff
Amazon 4-star opens 2nd store
The latest iteration of the new concept is localized to the Denver area, but Amazon has further to go as a merchandiser, experts say.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 1, 2018 -
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Build-A-Bear expands its reach ahead of the holidays
The toy retailer is expanding into seasonal pop-ups and a partnership with FAO Schwarz.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 1, 2018 -
Walmart revamps stores, e-commerce for the holidays
The retail giant is making shopping easier by leveraging its stores, revamping its website and blurring its channels.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 31, 2018 -
Nordstrom unwraps an array of gifting services
The company is rolling out its "Let's Go Gifting" push with an ad campaign from Theo Wenner, who has worked with Chanel, Chloe and The Black Keys.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 31, 2018 -
New York Mag
NYMag to launch The Strategist beauty holiday pop-up
A temporary shop in SoHo for the holidays makes sense for the magazine's beauty news and e-commerce website.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 30, 2018 -
Fotolia
5 issues most likely to cause holiday e-commerce outages
Sluggish third-party components, overburdened APIs and ill-equipped servers are leading issues threatening website performance, according to Catchpoint.
By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 30, 2018 -
Consumers to spend $96B on tech for the holidays
Sales of tech gifts will rise 3.4% this holiday season, as 66% of U.S. adults plan to buy them. Voice and video tech top consumer wishlists.
By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 29, 2018 -
Monetate, Bazaarvoice aim to turn holiday shoppers into year-round customers
The personalization platform will use Bazaarvoice’s shopper profiles to help brands create product recommendations post-holiday.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 29, 2018 -
Deep Dive
What Gen Z wants for Christmas
It's a long list — and one that includes not just online and mobile shopping, but also in-store experiences and the ability to engage meaningfully with retailers on social.
By Cara Salpini • Oct. 26, 2018 -
Opinion
Black Friday's best days are behind it
A 20-year tailwind will fragment Black Friday into multiple mini-shopping frenzies year-round, writes Eddie Yoon, founder of EddieWouldGrow.
By Eddie Yoon • Oct. 26, 2018 -
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Deep DiveBlack Friday is the new ... black
Stores are better than ever, legacy retailers are ready for e-commerce and holiday consumers are primed to shop retail's auld lang sale.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 26, 2018 -
What 3 charts about Black Fridays past signal about the holiday's future
For the first time last year, Amazon grabbed more market share than Walmart overall during the two weeks after Black Friday.
By Corinne Ruff • Oct. 26, 2018 -
Opinion
Low unemployment could hurt the holiday shopping season
The booming economy might be bad news for holiday shopping, writes Forrest Morgenson, director of research at the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
By Forrest Morgenson • Oct. 26, 2018 -
Recruitment scams on the rise in time for holiday hiring
Recruiters have been using tech to communicate with applicants and are working to hire more quickly than ever, making seasonal hiring a breeding ground for scams.
By Riia O'Donnell • Oct. 25, 2018 -
Holiday shoppers plan to spend 4.1% more this year
Tariffs won't force price hikes just yet because most retailers stocked up well before they hit, according to an annual consumer report from the NRF and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
By Daphne Howland • Oct. 25, 2018
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