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.
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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)...
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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...
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Holiday 2017: Black Friday TV Prices, Thanksgiving Store Closures & More
It’s only the second day of October, but our friends at BestBlackFriday.com are already spilling the beans on retailers’ best-laid holiday plans. Their latest...
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Holiday Sales To Moderate As Digital Momentum Grows
The long runway to Christmas is underway, and prognosticators are wasting no time rolling out their fourth-quarter sales projections. One of the first out...
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Deloitte Forecasts A Merry Christmas For Retailers
Consumers’ income gains — and their propensity to spend it — should make for a jolly holiday season for merchants. According to Deloitte, the...
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Black Friday Predictions: 4K TVs As Low As HD, Says DealNews
It’s not Black Friday (or Thanksgiving) without those TV doorbusters. DealNews, a consumer site that wades through retailer promotions all year long, expects upcoming...
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What’s In Store For Consumer Tech’s Holiday 2017 Season
Each year around the holidays, NPD provides what we have come to call the Baker’s Dozen — a list of 13 predictions for the...
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Better Fatten Up The Reindeer: Retailers See A Busy Q4 Ahead
For born-and-raised New Yawkers old enough to remember Crazy Eddie, the long-gone retailer’s “Christmas In August” ads are indelible. The spots featured radio DJ...
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