Preparing for Holiday 2020
Last week, Deloitte predicted that US holiday sales would grow between 1-1.5%, a slower rate of growth than previous years. But the big unknown and determining factor of the season will be, "How much will those with means spend,
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The State of Pre-Holiday Discounts
Is it just us or does it feel like there's more riding on this holiday season than in previous years? With the trade war, looming Brexit, recession whispers, and continued retail disruption, the distractions and naysayers are plentiful. But there's
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Playbook for Holiday 2019
"Should we be worried about a recession?" A question that is increasing in frequency from consumers, retailers, and investors alike, as the last weeks have seen tumult in the stock markets. It's a reasonable question as global uncertainty is mounting
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Halfway Point: Holiday Check-In
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, now’s the time to make that big push that will result in the strong finish we’ve all been planning for all this year. And because you’ve been making complex
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Trending Gift Ideas
Overview of Holiday Retail The art of gift-buying is difficult to master - but most people browse for gifts online and it is for good reason, especially if you don’t have something in mind. This leads to loads of
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Retail's Holiday Prep Checklist
Weren’t we just talking about New Year’s resolutions here? With most of 2018 in the rearview and 2019 quickly approaching, we’ve got less than two months to make this one of retail’s best years ever -
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Holiday Tracker: December 11
We're two weeks out from Christmas and the discounts show little signs of slowing down. While promotions are a few percentage points lower than Cyber Weekend's levels, the item-level discounts have crept up since we last checked in. And as
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How Is Luxury Faring This Holiday Season?
We know well what’s happening in retail in the middle these days - particularly in the US department store sector, but is the prognosis as bleak for luxury retail this holiday season? While 2016 saw major setbacks in global
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