Holidays: Page 23
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Courtesy of Amazon
Amazon releases holiday gift guides before Prime Day
Shoppers can also use Alexa for inspiration by using prompts like "Alexa, give me holiday gift ideas," or "Alexa, find funny gifts."
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 7, 2020 -
Courtesy of Nextdoor, Inc.
Party City tapped by Nextdoor for Halloween AR ‘treat map’
The collaboration could inspire families to celebrate the holiday in a way that follows social distancing guidelines during the pandemic.
By Robert Williams • Oct. 7, 2020 -
Trendline
A look at the 2024 holiday season
Technology will play a key role in holiday sales this year, Adobe revealed in its latest holiday report.
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Lowe's
Lowe's to offer curbside trick-or-treating this Halloween
The retailer is offering candy and pumpkins as shoppers look for safe alternatives to celebrate the season in the middle of a pandemic.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 6, 2020 -
No new stimulus could slow or halt consumer spending: NRF
Though it's unclear how consumers will shop this holiday season, the trade group remains "cautiously optimistic" about the all-important fourth quarter.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 5, 2020 -
Ghosts, ghouls and social distancing: A fractured Halloween haunts Party City
Consumers aren't abandoning the holiday, but they are celebrating it — and shopping — differently this year. What does that mean for specialists?
By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 5, 2020 -
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NRF calls on consumers to shop earlier in ad campaign
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread, the trade group stressed not waiting "until Thanksgiving weekend to kick off your gift shopping."
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 2, 2020 -
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Crate and Barrel’s first digital-only catalog debuts on Pinterest
The first time the retailer foregoes a print catalog comes as Pinterest sees greater interest for children's furnishings amid distance learning.
By Robert Williams • Sept. 30, 2020 -
Walmart plans online sale that parallels Prime Day
The retailer joins Target in competing with Amazon's big sale event as all three giants adapt to a longer and earlier holiday season.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 30, 2020 -
Target is throwing its own sale party on Amazon's Prime Day
The retailer is hosting its own digital event to launch the holiday shopping period while it plans to extend Black Friday discounts through November.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 29, 2020 -
Will customer acquisition be the nightmare before Christmas?
While DTC brands have long struggled with acquiring customers online, their problems may be more heightened than ever this year.
By Caroline Jansen • Sept. 28, 2020 -
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Amazon sets October Prime Day dates after months-long delay
A sales event that usually takes place in July could now be a force in a wildly different and uncertain holiday period.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 28, 2020 -
Courtesy of Target
Target to double holiday staffing for same-day services
The retailer said that 10 million new customers shopped its website and demand for its same-day fulfillment options quadrupled in the first half of 2020.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 25, 2020 -
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Walmart hiring 20K in e-commerce ops for the holidays
The retailer is gearing up for an online-heavy season as it also boosts categories in demand amid the pandemic.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 24, 2020 -
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Party City to open 91% fewer Halloween pop-ups this year
The retailer is coming off a disastrous 2019 holiday performance and headed into a season disrupted by the pandemic.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 23, 2020 -
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Half of holiday shoppers plan to use curbside or contactless pickup: survey
The pandemic has boosted BOPIS offerings, especially as retailers highlight pickup as a safe alternative to in-store shopping.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 22, 2020 -
The standard holiday season is 'meaningless' this year, AlixPartners says
The consultancy added October sales in its forecast for 2020 to account for shifts retailers and consumers are making in a pandemic.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 21, 2020 -
Study: 20% of retailers 'dependent' on the holidays to survive
To cope with the threats of coronavirus and fewer in-store shoppers, retailers are implementing safety measures and investing in curbside pickup.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 17, 2020 -
A 'rocky' fall season lies ahead for retailers, Cowen says
Trip consolidation, spending changes, government action (or lack of) on the economy and the continued spread of COVID-19 make for many possibilities.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 17, 2020 -
Courtesy of Walmart
Deloitte predicts tepid-to-modest holiday sales growth
How consumers spend during the upcoming season depends much on COVID-19 and the efforts to slow it.
By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 16, 2020 -
Holidays will drive mobile shopping to record highs, App Annie predicts
Online events like Amazon's Prime Day and Alibaba's Singles Day may help extend the holiday shopping season for people who want to avoid stores.
By Robert Williams • Sept. 15, 2020 -
Courtesy of Macy's
Macy's parade is on, but only on television
The pandemic forced the retailer to work with New York City officials to figure out how to safely stage the event in and around Herald Square.
By Daphne Howland • Sept. 15, 2020 -
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Lululemon to expand holiday pop-ups to 70 to ease pandemic pressure
Profits and margins shrank in Q2, but the retailer is among the few in the black, and CEO Calvin McDonald said he remains "cautiously optimistic."
By Daphne Howland • Sept. 9, 2020 -
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Back-to-school shoppers are showing up after all, study shows
Mass merchants, Best Buy and even office retailers saw foot traffic upticks in August, after steeper declines last month, according to Placer.ai.
By Daphne Howland • Sept. 1, 2020 -
Courtesy of Macy's
Macy's will 'reimagine' Thanksgiving Day Parade
After disrupting the department store's turnaround, the pandemic takes yet another whack at its plans this year.
By Daphne Howland • Aug. 24, 2020 -
Tru Kids
Toys R Us online sales now supported by Amazon
The e-commerce giant has taken over a role that Target stepped into during the holiday period last year.
By Ben Unglesbee • Aug. 21, 2020
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