by Mike Duff | Dec 13, 2022 | Retail Articles
Two measures of corporate responsibility have just emerged — one from S&P Dow Jones Indices and the other from Newsweek — and they each include a roll call of retailers. Only three retailers, however, are on both: Lowe’s Cos. Best Buy and Gap. The two social...
by Mike Duff | Dec 13, 2022 | Retail Articles
Live commerce platform TalkShopLive has announced that it has developed a partnership with Best Buy that will result in customers getting the option for in-store pickup for the first time. The livestream partnership will allow for elimination of costly shipping...
by Mike Duff | Dec 9, 2022 | Retail Articles
Market researcher Numerator has pegged Amazon as the Black Friday Weekend sales leader. In its report on the shopping period, Numerator stated: Amazon captured 17.7% of dollars spent, which was a jump from its average 10.1% share in the latest 52 weeks ending...
by Mike Duff | Nov 30, 2022 | Retail Articles
With the Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday 2022 shopping period in the past, Numerator revealed research on consumer response to the economics, operations and promotions that influenced the day. According to Numerator: 87% of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers revealed that...
by Mike Duff | Nov 22, 2022 | Retail Articles
Best Buy sales and earnings tumbled in the third quarter, but they still came in ahead of a Wall Street estimate. For the quarter, net earnings were $277 million, or $1.22 per diluted share, versus $499 million, or $2 per diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter,...