Content about Christmas

February 12, 2013
Study: 'Showrooming' a lesser threat than once thought

In a survey of more than 6,200 consumers collected during the peak holiday shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Amazon scored highest among 25 of the top mobile commerce companies in terms of customer satisfaction, according to a report released Tuesday by ForeSee.

February 11, 2013
ShopperTrak: January 2013

Retailers pushed to extend the high level of holiday shopping and foot traffic by promoting post-holiday specials and markdowns on seasonal merchandise in January. However, as expected, shopper traffic continued to drop off significantly after the end of the holiday season.

January 9, 2013
ShopperTrak: December 2012

Holiday shopping reached its seasonal peak in December, driving a 36.6 percent retail foot traffic increase over November.

January 9, 2013
ShopperTrak: December 2012

Holiday shopping reached its seasonal peak in December, driving a 36.6 percent retail foot traffic increase over November.

January 7, 2013
Goodbye response generation, hello dialogue creation

By Mike Wehrs

January 3, 2013
Crazy Christmas offers retailers mixed bag

In what turned out to be one of the stranger holiday seasons in recent memory retailers fought through a range of unconventional headwinds to deliver an uneven performance.

January 3, 2013
Online satisfaction slipped at Walmart

An annual holiday e-retail satisfaction report produced by analytic's firm ForeSee showed a slight deterioration in Walmart’s satisfaction score during the holidays.

January 2, 2013
Online satisfaction improved at Target

An annual holiday e-retail satisfaction report produced by analytic's firm ForeSee showed considerable improvement at Target this year following a challening 2011.

December 27, 2012
Online retailers getting satisfaction

Amazon.com, LLBean.com and QVC.com were the top three retailers on ForeSee’s Annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction survey.

December 13, 2012
Toymageddon 2012 begins Dec. 21 at Toys“R”Us

With 12 shopping days left, Toys"R"Us plans to keep most of its stores open for 88 consecutive hours nationwide, from 6 a.m. Friday, December 21 through 10 p.m. Christmas Eve.

December 6, 2012
Macy’s to help last-minute shoppers race against the clock

Last minute holiday shoppers will have some help from Macy’s this year, as the retailer plans keep most of its stores open 48 hours straight the weekend before Christmas, from 7 a.m. Friday, December 21 through 7 a.m. Sunday, December 23.

November 25, 2012
The most digital Christmas ever

Online shopping surged 26% on Black Friday to surpass $1 billion for the first time, according to the digital measurement firm comScore.

November 21, 2012
Toys’R’Us expands global e-commerce presence with new web store

Toys“R”Us may be in the throes of an intensely competitive holiday season but several recently announced initiatives are designed to position the company for success beyond Christmas 2012.

November 15, 2012
Walmart counting on a Merry Christmas

Walmart maintained an optimistic outlook for the holiday season despite 1.5% third quarter comp increase that reflected a modest deceleration in sales momentum seen earlier this year.

November 14, 2012
Retailers poised for most social Christmas yet

Social media will influence how people plan to shop this holiday season nearly as much as word-of-mouth and store advertisements, according to a survey conducted by ConsumerSearch.com, part of the About Group.

November 12, 2012
Mobile mindset key to a Merry Christmas

Smartphones will be retailers’ friend this holiday season, according to Deloitte’s annual survey of spending intentions and trends.

October 24, 2012
A guide to 'made-in-the-USA' shopping

With the holiday shopping season approaching, one group has released a guide to goods produced domestically.

October 10, 2012
Macy's, Toys'R'Us team up for holidays

Macy’s and Toys"R"Us -- likely the two retailers most associated with Christma -- have joined together for a unique retail partnership.

September 27, 2012
Fear not, Halloween sales won’t be scary

The outlook for Christmas spending is decent and Halloween is supposed to be pretty good too.

September 25, 2012
Consumers not afraid of Halloween spending

The air is getting colder and retailers are already gearing up for the Christmas season, but before they do that, they will have to get through Halloween.

September 19, 2012
TRU fires latest shot in holiday toy battle

Toys"R"Us revealed its 2012 hot toys list Wednesday, but not before Walmart did the same, giving the discounter a head start and the opportunity to poke fun at the toy retailer's earlier announced toy reservation program.

September 12, 2012
Holiday hiring indicator suggests Merry Christmas

Retailers plan to hire an increased number of temporary workers this holiday season, according to a survey by the global consulting firm Hay Group.

August 20, 2012
Walmart fires holiday 2012 opening salvo

Christmas layaway begins Sept. 14 on Facebook.

February 23, 2012
Investors want to know whether the U.S. momentum is for real

Walmart’s U.S. stores regained customer traffic during the fourth quarter and president and CEO Mike Duke said the company had a great Christmas, but it didn’t feel that way to investors who couldn’t dump shares of the company fast enough after earnings were released on Tuesday.

December 23, 2011
Show how much you really don’t care

C’mon people. Christmas comes the same time every year and every year there are those scrambling to make last-minute purchases.

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