by Mike Duff | Sep 30, 2025 | Retail Articles
Target is merging holiday moments with pop culture, teaming up with Netflix on a cross-category “Stranger Things” initiative tied to the show’s final season, spanning housewares, home décor, apparel, collectibles and toys. The spooky Netflix sci-fi thriller might seem...
by Mike Duff | Sep 17, 2025 | Retail Articles
Sensormatic Solutions expects U.S. retailers to see their biggest holiday crowds on Black Friday, November 28, followed by two Saturdays before Christmas, December 20 and 13, even as overall store traffic is projected to remain flat compared to last year. The...
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...
by Mike Duff | Dec 9, 2024 | Retail Articles
Shopping center organization ICSC reported 207 million people, or about 79% of all adults in the United States, shopped during the five-day period ending on Cyber Monday of this year, four points higher than 2023 totals more the same period. In a similar result year...
by Mike Duff | Dec 5, 2024 | Retail Articles
Costco Wholesale Corp. posted comparable gains for November and its first quarter, helped by positive non-food comps but impacted on the e-commerce side by a later Thanksgiving weekend. For the quarter ended November 24, comp sales, excluding the effect of fuel sales...
