Retail
Traveling Dollars
Nearly half of consumers recently told NPD they plan to spend less in the next 12 months. Of course, consumers will rarely say they want to or plan to spend more. Then again, if it is something th...
Retail
An Urgent Message for Retail
There was one big thing missing from Holiday 2016 – a sense of urgency among consumers, and that should create a sense of urgency among retailers to take action. Such a unique holiday shopping sea...
Retail
2017 Will Test Retail’s Resilience
This will be a year of increased intangibles, experiential engagement, an emphasis on origins, and a continued deal dilemma. The consumer is changing, demanding something different, and retail m...
Retail
Stores Saved Black Friday Weekend
That's right. Despite the surge of online and Thanksgiving Day in-store sales, combined with the less-than-stellar Friday in-store sales, retailers got the boost they needed from Saturday and ev...
Retail
Black Thursday Turns Black Friday Grey
Pre-Black Friday online sales starting earlier than in past years, opening on Thanksgiving night; and ongoing doorbuster deals all proved to work well, but perhaps too well. As Thanksgiving Day sales...
Retail
A Political Holiday Split Screen
We’ve heard a lot – and are about to hear more – about how the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees feel on a wealth of issues. But what do their supporters feel about the weighty issue...
Election Distraction
With less than two months to go until the 2016 presidential election it is as if the circus has come to town. Regardless of your political affiliation, there is no denying that this presidential e...
New Rules for Back-to-School and Beyond
Another school year is here and that means shopping for everything from pencils and pants, to comforters and coffeemakers. One-third of consumers purchase some kind of back-to-school related merch...
What Q2 Sales Results Mean to the Athletic Footwear Industry
The second quarter of the year is generally a transition period for the U.S. athletic footwear industry. In this respect it’s an important time for retailers, as they begin to turn their attention...
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