Black Friday weekend, including Thanksgiving Day, drew 212 million shoppers
Holiday shoppers spent an average of $365.34 on gifts and other discounted merchandise, up from an average of $343.31 last year.
Nearly 10 percent of holiday shoppers say t…
We’ve all heard of Black Friday (and, today, many of are breathing a collective sigh of relief that it’s over!). And most of us have heard of Cyber Monday, the popular phrase for the Monday after Thanksgiving. But have you heard of Small Business Saturday? If you haven’t, you’ve got an excuse: This is the [...]
Hours before the clock struck midnight this Black Friday, millions of holiday shoppers lined up outside of stores across the country, eager to get their hands on hot holiday merchandise. Retail executives and NRF spokespeople were also up bright and early, sharing their insights into what Black Friday 2010 will bring and what it all means. NRF Chairman, [...]
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday within arms’ reach, many retailers are already gearing up for the rush of holiday shoppers…mobile shoppers that is. The mobile airwaves will be jam-packed this holiday season with shoppers looking for store locations, product information and even coupons as they scour around town for the perfect holiday gift. Mike Gatti, Executive [...]
It was a challenging weekend for retail loss prevention professionals. In the run-up to one of the busiest and often most successful times of year for retailers, there are still distressing reminders of dangerous situations retail employees can face on an all-too-regular basis. Unfortunately, two separate incidents from this last weekend provided such reminders. On [...]
The Asda Income Tracker continued to fall in October 2010
£4 a week decline in family spending power compared with the same month a year ago
Tenth consecutive month of decline in the Asda Income Tracker
Gross incomes were 2.2 pe…
The list is in and shoppers have spoken! Today, the NRF Foundation and American Express released the finalists for the 2010 Customers’ Choice Awards – the companies shoppers list as providing the very best in service. The finalists, chosen by the customers themselves through a write-in survey, run the gamut of retail. One interesting finding [...]
The Clothes Show Live is just around the corner and we’ve got 20 pairs of tickets up for grabs for you and a friend! With live makeovers at Stop & Chop, Style Studio and an Image Catwalk featuring the best of New Look style it promises to be a fun-packed weekend. All you have to [...]
Trend scout Susie Draffan gives us a cheat’s guide to Stevie Nicks her periennal favourite fashion muse, who has been influencing designers left right and centre for SS11: If Spring/Summer 11 is all about the ’70s, then its muse is surely Stevie Nicks, the tiny blonde with the big voice who fronted Fleetwood Mac, and [...]