Holiday 2017
Retail
Best Buy Q4 Comps Soar, But Profits Fall 40%
Same-store sales rose 9 percent on mobile phone and video gaming gains.
Retail
Tech, Appliance Dealers Start The Year Off Strong
The Census Bureau reports solid retail sales in January.
Retail
Bezos: Amazon To ‘Double Down’ On Alexa After Record Q4
The company pointed to historic holiday volume and widespread Alexa adoption.
Retail
Which Retailers Won Christmas?
Now that Santa and his reindeer are safely back at their North Pole digs, it’s time to do a little holiday assessing.
Keeping Current
Holiday Sales Up 18% Online
A strong Black Friday, an extra Saturday before Christmas and rising consumer confidence led to the best holiday for retailers in six years.
Retailing
This Week In Amazon: Hugest Holiday Ever
Before the Christmas guests had even left this morning, Amazon declared Holiday 2017 its biggest holiday season ever.
Retail
Walmart Edges Out Amazon In Holiday Home Stretch
Attractive prices and sharp promotions have kept most retailers hopping through December.
Retail
Retailers In The Holiday Home Stretch
T’was the week before Christmas and all through the land, retailers were scrambling to get orders in hand.
Retail
How DealNews.com Is Stealing Your Christmas
A leading shopping advice site could derail December for tech retailers.
Retail
This Is The Best Holiday Deal In December
The Top 10 list of the best holiday deals features everything from rugs to refrigerators.
Keeping Current
Best Buy’s Distribution Centers Kick Into Overdrive
The retailer's 23 distribution centers are using new tools to reach e-tail parity with Amazon.
Retail
Best Buy Says The Best Deals Are Yet To Come
The No. 1 tech retailer has launched a three-week series of daily discounts that promise lower prices than Black Friday.
Retail
See What Really Won On Black Friday Weekend
These ruled the web during the five-day shopping period.
Retail
It Was A Brick-And-Mortar Black Friday For Abt Electronics Too
Evidence is mounting that physical stores held their ground against online migration over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Financial
Best Buy Continues Growth But Disappoints Wall Street
Q3 profit fall short of analysts’ mark, but the chain is optimistic about full-year results
Keeping Current
Amazon Will Own The Holiday Season Online, Analyst Projects
Analyst Youssef Squali of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is predicting a “record-breaking holiday season” for Amazon.
Keeping Current
Target CEO High On Holidays
Rising consumer confidence and a raft of in-store improvements should put Target in good stead this holiday season.
Retail
The Changing Face Of Holiday Shopping
Forget what you know about the holiday shopping season; it’s all about to change, and this year’s the inflection point.
Retail
Walmart Shares Its Best-Laid Plans For Black Friday
Walmart has revealed its battle plans for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, and they call for an extra helping of digital.
Retail
It Will Be ‘Best Holiday In Years’ For Consumer Tech, Says Baker
It wouldn’t be Christmas (or Hanukkah or Thanksgiving or Black Friday) without Stephen Baker’s lucky 13 pre-holiday predictions, as can only be foretold by...
Retail
Halloween’s Over, Welcome To Black November
Kids across the country barely finished divvying up their Halloween plunder last night before retailers let loose their pre-Black Friday promotions.
news
Amazon Declares The Start Of The Holiday Season
Amazon has officially thrown down the holiday season gauntlet.
news
Office Depot Deploying Pre-Black Friday Sales
Office Depot is getting a jumpstart on Black Friday weekend with a staggered pre-holiday sale running Oct. 29 through Nov. 18. Among the deals,...
news
Leaked Kohl’s Ad Kicks Off Black Friday Competition
And so it’s begun. Kohl’s Black Friday circular was unveiled last night, making it the first major full-line retailer to enter the doorbuster derby....
news
Electronics Still Reign Supreme For The Holidays
Clothing, gift cards and even children’s toys don’t have anything on consumer electronics this holiday season. So says market research firm Field Agent –...
news
Black Friday 2017: Box Chains’ November Promos Revealed
‘Tis the season for pre-holiday retail promotions to whet consumer appetites. And helping to stoke the seasonal fires is our old friend BFAds.net, which...
news
What Will The Busiest Shopping Days Be This Holiday? MasterCard Knows
MasterCard knows all — including the future. Based on the virtually limitless data points collected, analyzed and stored by the financial services giant, the...
news
Consumer Confidence May Soften, Challenging the Holiday Season
The LegalShield Law Index indicates that Q4 may be more challenging than previously predicted. The latest index continues to signal that consumer confidence will...
news
What Women Really Want (For Christmas)
Market research firm Field Agent has cracked the code to discover what it is that women want most — at least for the holidays....
news
Online Holiday Shoppers To Spend 70% More Than Brick-And-Mortar Loyalists: NPD
Consumers will not only lean more heavily on e-commerce to complete their holiday shopping this year, but they’ll also open their wallets a little...
news
Holiday Shopping In Stores Losing Steam
Is Black Friday dead? New research from Accenture shows that U.S. consumers are less inclined to shop in stores on traditional peak holiday shopping...
news
What’s Driving Holiday Shoppers Out Of Stores And Onto Websites
It’s no secret that online shopping is taking a bite out of brick-and-mortar, especially around the holidays. But market research firm Field Agent, in...
Appliances
Samsung TV Ad Spotlights Appliances’ Place In Holiday Frenzy
A new TV spot from Samsung is focusing attention on the upcoming holiday season — and a 30-percent-off promotion on select home appliances. The...
Keeping Current
Black Friday: The Thrill Is Gone
A recent spate of consumer surveys all point to one conclusion: Shopper enthusiasm for Black Friday weekend has waned. The sentiment is especially true for in-store...
news
TVs Still Tops In Holiday Tech: CTA
The TV business may have taken its lumps in recent years, but it’s still No. 1 with consumers this holiday season. According to the...
Blogs
Many Happy Returns
Holiday returns are a lot like the Grinch – out to steal your Christmas cheer. As we alerted TWICE readers in a similar column...
news
For 21 Million Shoppers, Christmas Is Already Over
We hate to spoil the best laid sales plans of vendors and retailers, but the holiday season is already over for 8.3 percent of...
news
NRF Holiday Forecast: Bright, With Strong Sales
A steadily improving economy and relative strength within the retail sector should contribute to a solid holiday selling season, the National Retail Federation (NRF)...
Keeping Current
Retailers Bolster Online Ops For Holiday 2017
Taking a page (or more) from the Amazon playbook, national chains are mobilizing their e-commerce forces as they prepare to do holiday battle. “While Chicago and...