The holiday sales are still going strong despite the end of Christmas. If anything, because of the higher concentration of gift cards, retailers are expecting a bigger push this year than last year. |
The only people who are going to have problems, real problems, with return policies are people who are trying to defraud a retailer. |
The retailers want to make a big push for fall apparel this year, ... That's definitely a fact. There's a very strategic message here. This is well planned out in advance. The question isn't so much the timing of the markdowns as it is the amount of inventory. |
The retailers want to make a big push for fall apparel this year. That's definitely a fact. There's a very strategic message here. This is well planned out in advance. The question isn't so much the timing of the markdowns as it is the amount of inventory. |
The stores [in Washington, D.C.] were just jam-packed, ... That's exactly what you want to see -- not just shoppers, but people carrying bags. |
The stores [in Washington, D.C.] were just jam-packed. That's exactly what you want to see -- not just shoppers, but people carrying bags. |
There are certain toys that just transcend. Each year, they're on the list, guaranteed. |
There are two factors over last year: Gift cards are playing more of a role in the holiday season and the fact that we have such a late Hanukkah this year. |
There's a bigger promotional window for retailers. It helps everyone, but it helps the Internet specifically because many times you're dealing with shipping times. You're not getting that instant gratification of purchasing it that day. |
These very same consumers are the ones mainly impacted by the higher price of heating their homes, so they may not have as much disposable income this year as last year and that certainly will be a challenge for discounters, |
These very same consumers are the ones mainly impacted by the higher price of heating their homes, so they may not have as much disposable income this year as last year and that certainly will be a challenge for discounters. |
This is going to be a very heavily promotional holiday season. Retailers are pulling out all the stops and using every weapon in their arsenal, |
This is probably going to be one of the hardest holiday seasons to predict. Last year, you knew what happened, you had an event, Sept. 11. Now, you have a weakened economy, employment issues, and you have consumers not knowing what's going to happen as far as corporate scandals, a double-dip recession and obvious questions about our current war on terrorism. |
This is the most promotional Black Friday we have seen. |
This week is incredibly important. |