by Mike Duff | Jan 4, 2024 | Home + Housewares
Late-season shopping was a boon for discount and dollar stores in the 2023 holiday season. In-store shopping for discounts and dollar stores peaked on Super Saturday, with Christmas Eve traffic coming in strong as well, according to traffic tracker Placer.ai. Store...
by Mike Duff | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Shopping center association, ICSC, reported the Thanksgiving weekend period saw robust consumer traffic despite earlier promotional events leading up to the traditional beginning of the holiday shopping season. Over the five-day period, the former International...
by Mike Duff | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Adobe reported the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, characterized as Cyber Week by the business services firm, generated $38 billion overall, up 7.8% year over year. Cyber Monday, meanwhile, saw consumers spend a total of $12.4 billion, up 9.6% year over...
by Mike Duff | Nov 28, 2023 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation reported a record 200.4 million consumers shopped during the five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, surpassing last year’s record of 196.7 million. The annual Thanksgiving Day-through-Cyber Monday shopping...
by Peter Giannetti | Nov 21, 2023 | HomePage Views
Think about it: How often do we make time, I mean really make time, to consider why we are thankful at times of difficulty, when gratitude can be so easily overwhelmed by stress? For many, now is a time of difficulty, of division, of distress and of doubt. These are...