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Retail Monitor: Shift in Key Shopping Days Boosts December Sales

Retail Monitor: Shift in Key Shopping Days Boosts December Sales

by Mike Duff | Jan 13, 2025 | Retail Articles

Retail sales made gains in December, boosted in part by two busy Thanksgiving weekend holiday shopping days falling during the final month of the year, the National Retail Federation announced. The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor report for December 2024 had total retail...
Consumers Chasing Deals, Large Purchases in Post-Holiday Shopping

Consumers Chasing Deals, Large Purchases in Post-Holiday Shopping

by Mike Duff | Jan 3, 2025 | Retail Articles

​In a CouponCabin-sponsored survey, 77% of consumers said they could find better deals after the holidays than during them, and 51% said they plan to take advantage of such deals to make large purchases. In post-holiday purchasing, the coupon and cash-back site...
Salesforce: AI Agents Working To Boost Last-Minute Holiday Sales

Salesforce: AI Agents Working To Boost Last-Minute Holiday Sales

by Mike Duff | Dec 18, 2024 | Retail Articles

With retailers employing strategies to make the last few days up to Christmas lucrative, Salesforce reported global online sales for the 2024 holiday season from November 1 to December 15 reached $849 billion, up 4% year-over-year. Although the gains so far this...
NRF: More Consumers Plan To Shop Super Saturday This Year

NRF: More Consumers Plan To Shop Super Saturday This Year

by Mike Duff | Dec 17, 2024 | Retail Articles

Right around 157.2 million consumers plan to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas, Super Saturday, according to an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, up from 141.9 million on the date in 2023. The total...
Walmart Spotlights Tech Investments in Serving Last Minute Shoppers

Walmart Spotlights Tech Investments in Serving Last Minute Shoppers

by Mike Duff | Dec 10, 2024 | Retail Articles

As the company makes a closing holiday pitch to consumers, Walmart is touting its technical abilities as a means to better serve consumers navigating the last weeks of the year. Walmart stated that it is leveraging the company’s integrated supply chain and expansive...
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